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List Of Frisian Battles
This is a list of battles and wars of Frisia or Friesland. The historical context is as follows: *600-734 Frisian Dukes *734-1156 Frankish rule *1156-1498 time of Frisian freedom *1498-1744 rule by dukes and Stadtholders. List Early battles * 28 - Battle of Baduhenna Wood, against the Romans * ca 450 - Battle of Finnburg, legendary battle of king Finn (Frisian), Finn against the Danes * ca 525 - Battle on the Rhine, against the Danes The Age of the Kings * Frisian–Frankish wars * 689 - Battle of Dorestad * 716 - Battle of Cologne * 716 - Battle of Amblève * 734 - Battle of the Boarn The Age of the Franks * 873 - Battle of Dokkum / Battle of Oostergo against the Vikings. * 884 - Battle of Norditi, against the Vikings. * 993 - Battle of Winkel, rebellion against Arnulf, Count of Holland * 1018 - Battle of Vlaardingen, Dirk III, Count of Holland against the Holy Roman Emperor{{Cite journal, last=Nieuwenhuijsen, first=Kees, date=2010, title=De Slag bij Vlaardingen (1018) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frisia
Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Germanic ethnic group. Etymology The contemporary name for the region stems from the Latin word Frisii; an ethnonym used for a group of tribes in modern-day Northwestern Germany, possibly being a loanword of Proto-Germanic *frisaz, meaning "curly, crisp", presumably referring to the hair of the tribesmen. In some areas, the local translation of "Frisia" is used to refer to another subregion. On the North Frisian islands, for instance, "Frisia" and "Frisians" refer to (the inhabitants of) mainland North Frisia. In Saterland Frisian, the term ''Fräislound'' specifically refers to Ostfriesland. During the French occupation of the Netherlands, the name for the Frisian department was . In English, both "Frisia" and "Friesland" may be inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
