Livonian Order, Teutonic Knights, platoons of Swedes, Danes, Old Prussians
Commanders and leaders
Treniota or Alminas[1]
Burkhard von Hornhausen †
Strength
Around 4,000
Around 8,000 and 190 knights
Casualties and losses
Unknown
150 knights
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Livonian Crusade
Campaign against the Estonians
Cēsis
Ümera
Turaida
1st Viljandi
Lehola
Riga
Otepää
St. Matthew's Day
Lindanise
Lihula
Tallinn
2nd Viljandi
Tartu
Muhu
Campaign against the Semigallians
Garoza
Campaign against the Lithuanians
Saule
Memel
Skuodas
Durbe
Karuse
Aizkraukle
Baltic tribes at the beginning of the 13th century before the orders started their crusade
The Battle of Durbe (Latvian: Durbes kauja, Lithuanian: Durbės mūšis, German: Schlacht an der 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.[2] It was by far the largest defeat of the knights in the 13th century: in the second-largest, the Battle of Aizkraukle, 71 knights were killed.[3] The battle inspired the Great Prussian Uprising (ended in 1274) and the rebellions of the Semigallians (surrendered in 1290), the Couronians (surrendered in 1267), and the Oeselians (surrendered in 1261). The battle undid two decades of Livonian conquests and it took some thirty years for the Livonian Order to restore its control.
^Baranauskienė, Inga (18 October 2010). "Kas vadovavo žemaičiams Durbės mūšyje?". Voruta (in Lithuanian). ISSN 1392-0677. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010.
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