Battle of Demotika

Battle of Demotika
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357

Walls of old Demotika
DateOctober 1352
Location
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Kantakouzenos retaining power, Palaiologos exiled
Belligerents
John V Palaiologos
Serbian Empire
Bulgarian Empire
John VI Kantakouzenos
Ottoman Beylik
Commanders and leaders
Gradislav Borilović Süleyman Pasha
Strength
4,000–6,000 Serbian cavalry,
unknown number of Bulgarian troops
10,000 Ottoman cavalry
Casualties and losses
4,000–7,000 killed Unknown

The Battle of Demotika took place during the Byzantine civil war which began in 1352 between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and those of the Serbian Empire and Second Bulgarian Empire.