Battle of Rovine
| Battle of Rovine | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman-Wallachian wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Principality of Wallachia |
Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia Lordship of Prilep Principality of Velbazhd Lordship of Zeta | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mircea I |
Bayezid I Stefan Lazarević Marko Mrnjavčević † Konstantin Dejanović † Andrijaš Mrnjavčević † Konstantin Balšić | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Less than 10,000 | 48,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||
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The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395. The Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea the Elder opposed the Ottoman invasion personally led by Sultan Bayezid I the Thunderbolt. The Turkish force heavily outnumbered the Wallachian troops. The legend says that on the eve of the battle, dressed as a peace emissary, Mircea cel Bătrân talked to Bayezid asking him to leave Wallachia and promised him safe passage back. The Sultan proudly insisted on fighting and later suffered a humiliating loss.