Moldavian campaign (1497–1499)
| Moldavian campaign (1497–1499) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Polish–Ottoman War (1485–1503) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Poland Duchy of Masovia Teutonic Order |
Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Wallachia Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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John I Albert Stanisław Chodecki Jan Teczynski (POW) Konrad III Rudy Johann von Tiefen |
Stephen III Sima Boldur Bayezid II | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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1497 Campaign: 80,000–100,000 1498 Campaign: Unknown |
1497 Campaign: 44,000 (Cosmin Forest) 1498 Campaign: 40,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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1497 Campaign: 11,000–40,000 Nearly all Knights 1498 Campaign: Many killed 100,000 enslaved | Unknown | ||||||||
The Moldavian campaign of 1497–1499 was an unsuccessful war led by John Albert of Poland against the Moldavians, supported by their Ottoman suzerains. John Albert set out with an army of 80,000–100,000 men with the objectives of deposing Stephen the Great of Moldavia and replacing him with Sigismund Jagiellon, reconquering the fortresses on the northern Black Sea coast and taking control of Crimea and the Danube Delta.