Ottoman conquest of Adrianople

Ottoman conquest of Adrianople
Part of the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
Datec. 1362 or 1369
Location
Adrianople (modern Edirne)
41°40′37″N 26°33′20″E / 41.67694°N 26.55556°E / 41.67694; 26.55556
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Adrianople becomes the New Capital of the Ottoman Empire
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Lala Shahin Pasha

Adrianople (Edirne), a major Byzantine city in Thrace, was conquered by the Ottomans sometime in the 1360s, and eventually became the Ottoman capital, until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.


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