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D'Eu assumed command of the French vanguard, while Nevers and Coucy led the main body. The French knights, accompanied by mounted archers, rode out to meet the descending
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1378:mek.oszk.hu
1254:Hospitaller
1684:Categories
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1634:1539657949
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1529:Huizinga,
1513:2009-02-18
1492:2009-02-18
1459:2009-02-18
1383:2024-02-13
1354:References
1190:Adrianople
1173:governor,
843:Background
600:Breadfield
1608:0001-6446
1573:. Brill.
1562:0017-6540
1289:Gallipoli
1248:Aftermath
1183:Bayezid I
1175:Doğan Bey
1150:Iron Gate
1135:Palestine
1055:Nicopolis
976:. Sultan
873:Wallachia
806:1683–1699
796:1672–1676
791:1666–1671
786:1633–1634
781:1620–1621
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718:1415–1419
713:1389–1396
708:1375–1377
570:Smederevo
461:Nicopolis
353:Doğan Bey
333:Bayezid I
109:Wallachia
61:Nicopolis
1316:See also
1216:Admiral
1154:Oryahovo
1104:Burgundy
1028:Csíkszék
966:Austrian
962:Silesian
958:Bohemian
928:Székelys
827:and the
628:Belgrade
558:Belgrade
552:Kruševac
534:Kunovica
529:Zlatitsa
501:Belgrade
359:Strength
131:Burgundy
52:Location
1642:, 1919
1618:, 1978
1542:Sources
1226:sipahis
1123:Bavaria
1039:Fogaras
1017:Suceava
991:Prince
982:Tarnovo
978:Bayezid
970:English
942:Voivode
924:Banates
893:Serbian
889:Turkish
869:Moldova
833:Balkans
831:in the
606:Otranto
582:Zvornik
484:Golubac
345:Evrenos
337:Murad I
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65:Balkans
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1047:Danube
1024:Kászon
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974:Ždrelo
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877:Bosnia
875:, and
641:Mohács
588:Vaslui
546:Kosovo
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121:France
76:Result
57:Syrmia
1598:(1).
1333:Notes
1297:Paris
1293:Bursa
1146:Milan
1119:Dijon
1043:Comes
986:Vidin
950:Sibiu
909:Borač
897:Temes
635:Šabac
576:Jajce
564:Užice
539:Várna
386:Heavy
383:Heavy
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