Battle of Klokotnitsa

Battle of Klokotnitsa
Part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
Date9 March 1230
Location
Klokotnitsa, Bulgaria
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire Empire of Thessalonica
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Asen II Theodore Komnenos Doukas (POW)
Strength

20,000 on the river bank and 1,000 Cumans in the forests

Total: 21,000 men

20,000 Byzantine soldiers

2,000–4,000 German knights
Casualties and losses
Light
  • Moderate
Many captured and killed, but most men were allowed to return to their homelands unharmed.

The Battle of Klokotnitsa (Bulgarian: Битката при Клокотница, Bitkata pri Klokotnitsa) occurred on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa (today in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria) between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Empire of Thessalonica. As a result, Bulgaria emerged once again as the most powerful state in South-Eastern Europe.

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