Battle of Demotika

Battle of Demotika
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357

Walls of old Demotika
DateOctober 1352
Location
Didymoteicho
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Kantakouzenos retaining power, Palaiologos exiled
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire John V Palaiologos
Serbian Empire Serbian Empire
Second Bulgarian Empire Second Bulgarian Empire		 Byzantine Empire John Kantakouzenos
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Beylik
Commanders and leaders
Serbian Empire Gradislav Borilović Ottoman Empire Orhan
Strength
4,000–6,000 Serbian cavalry,
unknown number of Bulgarian troops		 10,000 Ottoman cavalry
Casualties and losses
4,000–7,000 killed Unknown

The Battle of Demotika took place during the Byzantine civil war which began in 1352 between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and those of the Serbian Empire and Second Bulgarian Empire.