Battle of Durbe

When

13 Jul 1260

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

56.59° N, 21.35° E

Description

battle in Latvia, 1260

1260 battle of the Livonian Crusade

The Battle of Durbe was a medieval battle fought near Durbe, 23 km (14 mi) east of Liepāja, in present-day Latvia during the Livonian Crusade. On 13 July 1260, the Samogitians soundly defeated the joint forces of the Teutonic Knights from Prussia and the Livonian Order from Livonia. Some 150 knights were killed, including Livonian master Burkhard von Hornhausen and Prussian land marshal Heinrich Botel.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Livonian Crusade: The Baltic Samogitians and Curonians of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Durbe”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Litauerkriege des Deutschen Ordens: In der Schlacht an der Durbe erleidet der Deutsche Orden unter dem Landmeister von Livland Burkhard von Hornhausen und…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “жемайты и курши наносят рыцарям Тевтонского ордена поражение в битве при Дурбе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “立陶宛大公國和薩莫吉希亞軍在杜爾貝戰役戰勝利沃尼亞騎士團和條頓騎士團聯軍，這場戰役引發後來的普魯士起義。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page