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Battle of the Cosmin Forest | |||||||
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Part of the Moldavian campaign (1497–1499) | |||||||
![]() Cherubin Gniewosz in the battle of Suceava (original by J. Kossak, c. 1890) (English) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
King John I Albert Stanisław Chodecki | Stephen III of Moldavia | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
40,000 troops 40,000 servants[2] |
18,000 Moldavians 10,000 Wallachians and Tatars | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,000 – 5,000[2] | Minor |
The Battle of the Cosmin Forest (1497) (Romanian: bătălia de la Codrii Cosminului; Polish: bitwa pod Koźminem) was fought between the Moldavian Prince, Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), and King John I of Poland (John I Albert) of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] The battle took place in northern Moldavia, about 50 km north of the-then capital of Suceava (Polish: Suczawa), in the hills between Adâncata (nowadays Hlyboka), situated in the valley of the Siret River, and Cernăuți (nowadays Chernivtsi), situated in the valley of the Prut River, and resulted in a major victory for Moldavia.