This is a list of battles and wars of

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 Ger ...

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 The Battle of Finnsburg (or Finnsburh) was a conflict in the Germanic heroic age between Frisians with a possible Jutish contingent, and a primarily Danish party. Described only in later Anglo-Saxon poetry, if the conflict had an historical b ...

, legendary battle of king

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against the Danes * ca 525 - Battle on the Rhine, against the Danes

The Age of the Kings

* Frisian–Frankish wars * 689 -

Battle of Dorestad The Battle of Dorestad was a 7th-century battle between the Franks and the Frisians. The battle took place around 695 by the capital city of the Frisians close to the Rhine. The Franks were victorious in the battle under the Austrasian mayor of ...

* 716 - Battle of Cologne * 716 - Battle of Amblève * 734 -

Battle of the Boarn The Battle of the Boarn ( fry, Slach oan de Boarn nl, Slag aan de Boorne) was an eighth century battle between the Franks and the Frisians near the mouth of the river Boarn in what is now the Dutch province of Friesland. Battle In 734 a Fran ...

The Age of the Franks

* 873 - Battle of Dokkum / Battle of Oostergo against the Vikings. * 884 -

Battle of Norditi The Battle of Norditi (german: Schlacht bei Norditi), Battle of Nordendi () or Battle of Hilgenried Bay () was a battle between a Frisian army under Archbishop Rimbert of Bremen-Hamburg and an army of Danish Vikings in 884, which resulted in the ...

, against the Vikings. * 993 - Battle of Winkel, rebellion against Arnulf, Count of Holland * 1018 - Battle of Vlaardingen,

Dirk III, Count of Holland Dirk III (also called ''Dirik'' or ''Theodoric'') was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Until 1005, this was under regency of his ...

against the

Holy Roman Emperor The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...

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Frisian freedom

* 1076 - Battle of Iselmonde * 1151 - Battle of Mildeburch, Nordfrisian against the Danes * 1252 -

Battle of Oldenswort A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and fo ...

, against the king of Danmark * 1254 -

Battle of Sieverner Specken A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and fo ...

, against the knights of

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and Holsel * 1256 -

Battle of Heechwâld A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and fo ...

, against the count of Holland * 1282 -

Battle of Schellinkhout A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and fo ...

, against the count of Holland * 1297 -

Battle of Froanen A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and fo ...

, against the count of Holland * 1340 - Conquest of the Sibetsburg by the Wursten Frisians * 1344 -

Battle of Langsundtoft A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and fo ...

, against the Danes * 1345 - Battle of Warns, against the count of Holland * 1380 - Battle of Arum, muontsen fan it kleaster Ludingatsjerke tsjin dy fan it Aldekleaster * 1380 - Battle of Loppersum, House Abdena vs. House Tom Brok * 1392 - Conquest of Ritzebüttel-Cuxhaven castle by the Wursten Frisians * 1396 - Battle of Schoterzijl, against the count of Holland

Crusades

* 1218 - Fifth Crusade, Frisian crusaders against Damietta * 1270 - Eighth Crusade, Frisian crusaders against the Moors

Vetkopers and Schieringers

* 1397 - Battle op de Menamer-mieden * 1429 - Battle of Sondel * 1457 - Battle of Westerstede, against Oldenburg * 1463 - Battle of Mounesyl, battle during the Donia war * 1492 - Battle of Barrahuis

The Great Frisian War

* 1417 - Battle of Okswerderzijl, Sikke Sjaarda against Keno II tom Brok * 1418 - Battle of Dokkum, Skieringers against

Fokko Ukena Focko Ukena ( Neermoor, 1360 or 1370 – 1435) was an East Frisian chieftain (''hovetling'') who played an important part in the struggle between the Vetkopers and Schieringers in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. Aside from this ...

* 1419 - Battle of Miedum, Vetkoppers against Sikke Sjaarda * 1420 - Battle near the Paelesleat, Sikke Sjaarda against Fokko Ukena * 1420 - Battle of Sloten, Schieringers against Fokko Ukena

East Frisia liberty wars

* 1426 - Battle of Detern,

against Okko tom Brok * 1427 - Battle of the Wild Fields,

against Okko tom Brok * 1433 - Battle of Bargebur,

against Ulrich Cirksena

Division of Friesland

* 1496 - Battle of Sleat, * 1498 - Battle of Laaxum, against Albert III, Duke of Saxony * 1500 - Battle of Bomstersyl, against Albert III, Duke of Saxony * 1514 - Battle of Hartwarden, against the count of Bremen ( Christopher the Spendthrift of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Wolfenbüttel))

Saxon feud

* 1514 - Battle of Appingedam, Edzard the Great against the Holy Roman Empire * 1515-1517 - rebellion of

Grutte Pier Pier Gerlofs Donia ( 1480 – 28 October 1520) was a Frisian rebel leader and pirate. He is best known by his West Frisian nickname ''Grutte Pier'' ("Big Pier"; in the pre-1980 West Frisian spelling written as ''Greate Pier''), or by the Dutch t ...

, against the Dutch and Saxony * 1517 - Battle of the Wremer Djip, resulting in the death of Tjede Peckes * 1524 -

Battle of Mulsum A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

, last battle of the Land of Wursten against the archbishop of Bremen at Mulsum

Eighty Years' War

* 1568 - Battle of Heiligerlee, against the Spanish * 1568 - Battle of Jemgum, against the Spanish * 1586 - Battle of Boksum, against the Spanish

References

Frisian Wars involving the Frisians History of Friesland