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Ottoman wars in Europe: Ottoman forces under Bayezid I defeated a Christian alliance led by Sigismund of Hungary near present-day Nikopol, Bulgaria.
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Ottoman wars in Europe
Series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states
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Ottoman Empire
Turkish empire (c. 1299–1922)
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Bayezid I
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402
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Battle of Nicopolis
1396 battle during the Ottoman wars in Europe
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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
King of Hungary from 1387 to 1437 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437
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Nikopol, Bulgaria
Town in northern Bulgaria
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