Battle of the Maritsa River

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical battle
gptkbp:aftermath increased_Ottoman_influence_in_the_region
gptkbp:casualties lower_for_Ottoman_forces
high_for_Serbian_forces
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Serbian_Kingdom
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired later literature
commemorated_in_Serbian_folklore
gptkbp:date 1371
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Kosovo_(1389)
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Vuk_Branković
gptkb:Miloš_Obilić
gptkb:Despot_Jovan_Branković
gptkb:Stefan_Uroš_V
gptkb:Prince_Vukašin's_sons
Sultan Bayezid I
Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović
Ottoman_commanders
Serbian_nobles
local_allies_of_the_Ottomans
gptkbp:historical_significance varied among historians
gptkbp:historicalContext part_of_the_Ottoman-Serbian_conflicts
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Chroniclers of the time
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Maritsa River
gptkbp:impact shifted_power_dynamics_in_the_Balkans
gptkbp:legacy seen_as_a_precursor_to_later_Ottoman_victories
gptkbp:location gptkb:Maritsa_River
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Sultan_Murad_I
gptkb:Prince_Vukašin_Mrnjavčević
gptkbp:outcome defeat_of_Serbian_forces
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Kosovo
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Varna
gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_Serbia
Fall of Constantinople
Battle of Nicopolis
gptkbp:result Ottoman_victory
gptkbp:significance consolidation_of_Ottoman_power_in_the_Balkans
gptkbp:strategicGoals opened_the_way_for_Ottoman_expansion_into_the_Balkans
gptkbp:supportRole near_the_Maritsa_River
gptkbp:tactics flanking maneuvers
cavalry charges
gptkbp:technology use of heavy cavalry
use of archers
use of gunpowder weapons
gptkbp:type land battle