Battle of Sievershausen

Quand

19 juil. 1553

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

52.38° N, 10.11° E

Description

1553 battle

1553 battle in Germany

The Battle of Sievershausen occurred on 9 July 1553 near the village of Sievershausen, where the forces of the Hohenzollern margrave Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach fought against the united troops of Elector Maurice of Saxony and Duke Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. With 4,000 men killed, including the Saxon elector and two of Henry's sons, it was one of the bloodiest battles on Lower Saxon territory.

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