Battle of Klokotnitsa

20,000 on the river bank and 1,000 Cumans in the forests 20,000 Byzantine soldiers Krum's campaigns Simeon I's campaigns Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria Uprising of Peter Delyan Second Bulgarian Empire The Battle of Klokotnitsa (Bulgarian: Битката при Клокотница, Bitkata pri Klokotnitsa) occurred on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa (today in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria) between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Empire of Thessalonica.Around 1221–1222 Emperor Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria made an alliance with Theodore Komnenos Doukas, the ruler of Epirus.Theodore thought that Bulgaria was the only obstacle left on his way to Constantinople and in the beginning of March 1230 he invaded the country, breaking the peace treaty and without a declaration of war.When the Bulgarian tsar learned that the state was invaded, he gathered a small army of a few thousand men (including Cumans, that Akropolites describes as Scyths[1]) and quickly marched southwards.Among all existing documents the text of this inscription is the most accurate evidence of the outcome and the aftermath of the battle: "In the Year of the World 6738 (1230), third indiction.
Empire of Thessalonica at its greatest extent.
Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II takes Theodore Komnenos as captive, a painting by Nikolai Pavlovich
Turnovo inscription of Tsar Ivan Asen II in the Holy 40 Martyrs Church in honour of the victory at Klokotnitsa on 9 March 1230
A map of the Bulgarian Empire in the mid 13th century
The borders of Bulgaria after the Battle of Klokotnitsa (1230)
Byzantine-Bulgarian WarsKlokotnitsaBulgarian EmpireEmpire of ThessalonicaIvan Asen IITheodore Komnenos DoukasByzantine–Bulgarian wars1st Constantinople1st Anchialus1st MarcellaeRishki Pass2nd AnchialusLitosoria2nd MarcellaeSerdicaPliskaDebeltosVersinikia1st Adrianople2nd ConstantinopleMesembriaSimeon IWar of 894–896BoulgarophygonWar of 913–927AchelousKatasyrtai3rd ConstantinopleSviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria1st ArcadiopolisDorostolonByzantine conquest of BulgariaTrajan's Gates1st ThessalonicaSpercheiosSkopje2nd Thessalonica3rd ThessalonicaKleidionStrumitsaBitolaSetinaDyrrhachiumUprising of Peter Delyan4th Thessalonica5th ThessalonicaOstrovoSecond Bulgarian EmpireLovechTryavna2nd ArcadiopolisSerres2nd AdrianopleUprising of IvayloDevinaSkafidaRusokastroBulgarianHaskovo ProvinceSouth-Eastern EuropeIvan Asen II of BulgariaEpirusThessalonicaLatin EmpireMacedoniaLatin emperorRobert of CourtenayBaldwin IIConstantinopleNikolai PavlovichAkropolitesScythsBulgariansManuelChurch "Holy Forty Martyrs"Veliko TarnovoYear of the Worldindictionold Tsar AsenHoly 40 MartyrsboyarsAdrianopleTarnovoDespotate of EpirusMichael II of EpirusUspensky, Fyodor