Manuscript miniatureLater depiction

Bayezid I

c. 1360?–1403

Where you meet Bayezid I

Cut-out detail; background removed. Long metal barrel on two stone supports — WangHao · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the traditional account, Ottoman ruler Bayezid then took Vidin and captured Sratsimir.

Scene 5 · Baba Vida fortress

Cut-out photograph of the church reconstructed in 1981; not a surviving medieval building. — Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ottoman forces of Sultan Bayezid the First besieged Tarnovo.

Scene 6 · Tsarevets, Tarnovo

Cut-out detail; background removed. Pointed steel helmet with a face opening and small holes across its surface. — Unknown Italian craftsman; photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sigismund fights on with the remaining forces. Serbian ruler Stefan Lazarević fights beside Bayezid.

Scene 4 · Nikopol

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Contemporary portrait, 1185–1195 · PHGCOM · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Isaac II Angelos
Contemporary portrait, 1430–1437 · Unknown artist; formerly attributed to Pisanello. Photo: Vassil. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Sigismund
Manuscript miniature · Maître de Fauvel · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Baldwin I of Flanders
Fresco · Unknown medieval painter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Stefan Lazarević
Manuscript miniature · Unknown medieval illuminator · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Manuel II
Not a portrait · Johann H. Addicks (-jha-) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Louis of Blois

Second Tsardom

Baba Vida fortress Tsarevets, Tarnovo Nikopol

Sources

Иван Билярски 1396: Царете, кръстоносците, османците и краят на средновековната българска държава Исторически преглед · 2025 · 81 · 141–189
Български туристически съюз Крепост „Баба Вида“ 100 национални туристически обекта
Областна администрация Видин Забележителности Областна администрация Видин

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Синиша Мишић Видинско царство Српска енциклопедија, том II (Матица српска / САНУ / Завод за уџбенике) · 2013
Община Видин Забележителности — Крепостта „Баба Вида“ Архивен официален сайт на Община Видин
Регионален исторически музей – Видин Крепост „Баба Вида“ Официален сайт на РИМ – Видин
Министерство на туризма на Република България Baba Vida Fortress Министерство на туризма
Иван Асенов Тютюнджиев; Пламен Христов Павлов Българската държава и османската експанзия 1369–1422 Correct 044, Велико Търново; digital transcription at Promacedonia · 1992 · 29–36 (section used); edition extent 91 pp. per RSL
Johann Schiltberger; translated and edited by J. Buchan Telfer; notes by Philipp Bruun The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger, a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396–1427 Hakluyt Society, first series; London · 1879 · 58 · 1–6, 107–109
Siren Çelik The Crusade of Nicopolis and Its Aftermath: Views from Byzantine, French and Ottoman Sources Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta · 2023 · 60 · 219–246
Enver Çakar Bayezid I (Yıldırım) Türk Dünyası Ansiklopedisi · 2025

Images

Manuscript miniature

Unknown illuminator, Ahmedî Iskendername · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Manuscript miniature · 1460 · later depiction · detail

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Unknown illuminator, Ahmedî Iskendername / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain. Manuscript miniature · 1460 · later depiction · detail

Where you meet Bayezid I

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