Battle of Gestilren

When

24 Jul 1210

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

57.73° N, 12.70° E

Description

1210 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1210 battle in Sweden

The Battle of Gestilren took place on July 17, 1210. The battle was fought between the exiled King of Sweden Sverker and the ruling King Eric X. Sverker had been beaten in the previous Battle of Lena, but returned with new forces. Sverker was however killed in the battle. The exact strength of the armies is unknown.

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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 “Battle of Gestilren: Sverker the Younger, the exiled former King of Sweden, is defeated and killed by the reigning King Erik Knutsson”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der zwei Jahre zuvor vertriebene König Sverker II. aus dem Sverkergeschlecht kehrt mit einem dänischen Heer nach Schweden zurück”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “mort de Sverker II de Suède à la bataille de Gestilren”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Гестирене”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page