Battle of Demotika

Battle of Demotika
Part of the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357
Walls of old Demotika
Date October 1352 Location Didymoteicho Result Ottoman victory Kantakouzenos retaining power, Palaiologos exiled
Belligerents
John V Palaiologos Serbian Empire Second Bulgarian Empire	John Kantakouzenos Ottoman Beylik
Commanders and leaders
Gradislav Borilović	Orhan
Strength
4–6.000 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.