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Location: Eceabat Canakkale Turkey

Maritsa, Battle of

Years: 1371 - 1371

The Battle of Maritsa, or Battle of Chernomen takes place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (today Ormenio in Greece) on September 27, 1371 between the forces of Ottoman commanders Lala Şâhin Paşa and Gazi Evrenos and Serbian commanders King Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his brother Despot Jovan Uglješa, who also wants to get revenge for the loss at the Battle of Sırp Sındığı, also known as the First Battle of Maritsa, in 1364.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)