Battle of Adrianople (1205)

Battle of Adrianople
	Part of Bulgarian–Latin wars
Date	April 14, 1205
Location	Surroundings of Adrianople, Thrace; (modern-day Edirne, Turkey)
Result	Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Second Bulgarian Empire	Latin Empire; Republic of Venice
Commanders and leaders
Kaloyan of Bulgaria	Baldwin I (POW) ; Louis of Blois †; Renaud de Montmirail † ; Stephen du Perche † ; Geoffrey Villehardouin ; Enrico Dandolo ; Manessier of L'Isle
Strength
Geoffrey of Villehardouin: around 40,000 Bulgarians and Vlachs (infantry, cavalry and archers) and 14,000 Cumans (light & missile cavalry); Modern estimate (Alexander Stoyanov): around 7,800 Bulgarians and Vlachs incl. Cumans;	c. 4,000; 300 heavy knights; (mainly from France)
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Adrianople occurred around Adrianople on April 14, 1205, between Bulgarians and Cumans under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I, who only months before had been crowned Emperor of Constantinople, allied with Venetians under Doge Enrico Dandolo. The battle was won by the Bulgarian Empire after a successful ambush.