Battle of Klokotnitsa

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Battle of Klokotnitsa
Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Date 9 March 1230 Location Klokotnitsa, Bulgaria Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire	Empire of Thessalonica
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Asen II	Theodore Komnenos Doukas (POW)
Strength
20,000 on the river bank and 1,000 Cumans in the forests Total: 21,000 men	20,000 Byzantine soldiers 2,000–4,000 German knights
Casualties and losses
Light	Moderate Many captured and killed, but most men were allowed to return to their homelands unharmed.

The Battle of Klokotnitsa (Bulgarian: Битката при Клокотница, Bitkata pri Klokotnitsa) occurred on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa (today in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria) between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Empire of Thessalonica. As a result, Bulgaria emerged once again as the most powerful state in South-Eastern Europe.