Battle of Rovine

E367769

The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Rovine canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bătălia de la Rovine ⓘ
associatedWith medieval Romanian history ⓘ
belligerent Ottoman forces ⓘ
Wallachian forces ⓘ
cause Ottoman invasion of Wallachia ⓘ
commanderOfOttomans Bayezid I ⓘ
commanderOfWallachia Mircea the Elder ⓘ
conflictType Ottoman–Wallachian conflict ⓘ
countryAtTime Wallachia ⓘ
culturalRole national symbol in Romanian historical memory ⓘ
date 17 May 1395 ⓘ
describedAs symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion ⓘ
era Late Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy continued Ottoman–Wallachian warfare ⓘ
geopoliticalContext expansion of the Ottoman Empire into the Balkans ⓘ
hasCommander Bayezid I ⓘ
Mircea the Elder ⓘ
hasMainBelligerentLeader Sultan Bayezid I of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Bayezid I

Voivode Mircea the Elder of Wallachia ⓘ
hasParticipant Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Wallachia ⓘ
historicalRegion Romania ⓘ
involvedUnitType Ottoman cavalry ⓘ
Ottoman infantry ⓘ
Wallachian light cavalry ⓘ
location Wallachia ⓘ
near the Argeș River region ⓘ
mentionedIn Romanian chronicles ⓘ
militaryTactics use of difficult terrain and ambush by Wallachian forces ⓘ
notableFor resistance of a smaller principality against a major empire ⓘ
opponent Bayezid I ⓘ
Mircea the Elder ⓘ
partOf Ottoman wars in Europe ⓘ
Ottoman–Wallachian Wars ⓘ
precededBy earlier Ottoman–Wallachian clashes in the 1390s ⓘ
primaryTheater Balkan front of Ottoman expansion ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Kosovo (1389) ⓘ
Battle of Nicopolis ⓘ
relatedWork “Scrisoarea III” by Mihai Eminescu ⓘ
result inconclusive outcome ⓘ
strategic check on Ottoman expansion in Wallachia ⓘ
significance slowed Ottoman penetration north of the Danube ⓘ
strengthened Mircea the Elder’s prestige ⓘ
timePeriod late 14th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wallachia → historicalEvent → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
Konstantin Dragaš → diedInBattle → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
subject linked to: Dragaš family
Mircea the Elder → battle → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
Lordship of Prilep → event → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
Mircea I of Wallachia → battle → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
Konstantin Dragaš → placeOfDeath → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
Konstantin Dragaš → battle → Battle of Rovine ⓘ
Constantine Dragaš → participantIn → Battle of Rovine ⓘ