Battle of the Cosmin Forest

Cosmin Forest

Date	October 26, 1497
Location	Cosmin Forest, Moldavia (today in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)
Result	Decisive Moldavian victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Poland

Moldavia

Commanders and leaders

King John I Albert

Stanisław Chodecki

Stephen III of Moldavia

Strength

50,000 - 100,000

Unknown

Casualties and losses

2,000 - 5,000

Unknown

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. 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.

It was part of the Polish-Ottoman War (1485–1503).

After the Moldavian loss of Chilia and Cetatea Albă, the Ottoman threat seemed more evident. John I Albert was suzerain of Moldavia, and, when Ștefan asked him for military assistance, they met, in 1494 at the conference of Levoča, where together with King Ladislaus II of Hungary and Elector Johann Cicero of Brandenburg, they forged plans for an expedition against the Porte. The objective was to recapture Chilia and Cetatea Albă. However, in unexplained circumstances, Ștefan received reports from Hungary that John I Albert prepared to place his own brother, the Polish prince Sigismund (later king, as Sigismund I the Old), on the Moldavian throne.

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