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: Against King Sigismund’s advice to wait and fight defensively, the French and Burgundian knights, led by John the Fearless , insisted on a direct heavy cavalry charge.

The , often referred to as the "Nicopolis Bloodbath" ( Nikápolyi vérfürdő ), took place on September 25, 1396, and resulted in a crushing defeat for the last major international crusader army of the Middle Ages. The battle pitted a Western European coalition led by King Sigismund of Hungary against the expanding Ottoman Empire under Sultan Bayezid I , known as "The Thunderbolt". The Path to Disaster A NIKГЃPOLYI VГ‰RFГњRDЕђ

The term "bloodbath" derives from the brutal end of the conflict and its gruesome aftermath: : Against King Sigismund’s advice to wait and

: Prompted by Pope Boniface IX, nobles from France, Burgundy, Germany, and England joined forces with Hungarian and Wallachian troops to halt Ottoman expansion in the Balkans and relieve the siege of Constantinople. The Path to Disaster The term "bloodbath" derives

: Bayezid utilized a sophisticated defense, including hidden reserves and a line of sharpened stakes that forced the armored knights to dismount and fight on foot. The "Bloodbath" and Aftermath