Battle of Nicopolis Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and the Crusades miniature by Jean Colombe (c. 1475) Date 25 September 1396 Location Nicopolis, Ottoman Empire 43°42′21″N 24°53′45″E﻿ / ﻿43.70583°N 24.89583°E﻿ / 43.70583; 24.89583Coordinates: 43°42′21″N 24°53′45″E﻿ / ﻿43.70583°N 24.89583°E﻿ / 43.70583; 24.89583 Result Ottoman victory Belligerents Ottoman Empire Moravian Serbia[1] Crusade: Holy Roman Empire Bohemian Crown Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of France[2] Duchy of Burgundy Kingdom of Hungary[2] Voivodship of Transylvania Kingdom of Croatia[2] Principality of Wallachia[3] Knights Hospitaller[2] Republic of Venice[2] Republic of Genoa Bulgarian Empire[4] Polish Crown Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Navarre Teutonic Order Byzantine Empire Commanders and leaders Bayezid I Çandarlı Ali Pasha[5] Evrenos Stefan Lazarević Sigismund, King of Hungary and Croatia Stibor of Stiboricz Nicholas II Garai Philip, Count of Eu Jean II Le Maingre John, Count of Nevers Enguerrand de Coucy Jean de Vienne † • Jean de Carrouges † Mircea the Elder • Stephen II Lackfi Ivan Sratsimir Philibert de Naillac Strength Heavily disputed but credibly estimated at 25,000–30,000[6] Heavily disputed but credibly estimated at 15,000–19,000[6] Casualties and losses Considerable Ottoman losses.[7] Most of the Crusader army destroyed or captured.[7] 3,000 prisoners executed.[8][9] Nicopolis Location within Europe