Battle of Pelekanon
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Battle of Pelekanon | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Ottoman wars | |||||||
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Byzantine Empire | Ottoman Turks | ||||||
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Andronicus III | Orhan I |
Byzantine-Ottoman wars |
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Bapheus - Brusa - Pelekanon - Nicaea - Nicomedia - Gallipoli - Adrianople - Constantinople |
The Battle of Pelekanon or Battle of Pelekanos occurred on June 10-11, 1329 between an expeditionary force by the Byzantines led by Andronicus III and an Ottoman army led by Orhan I. The Byzantines were defeated, with no further attempt made at relieving the cities in Anatolia under Ottoman siege.