Siege of Arkona information

The siege of Arkona was a short eight-day siege between the Danish and Pommeranian forces under Valdemar I and the Wendish forces of the temple-fortress...

was located on the island of Rügen, at Cape Arkona, where his main temple was also located. According to the descriptions of medieval chroniclers, the...

to: Battle of Schmilau of 1093, part of the Wendish Crusade Siege of Arkona of 1168, part of the Northern Crusades Battle of Julin Bridge of ca. 1170,...

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Denmark.   Danish victory - 101   Danish defeat - 61   Another result * - 39 The Dutch Brigade Germany's...

Rügen at Cape Arkona, and was protected on two sides by the cliffed coast and from the land side by a Slavic burgwall. At Cape Arkona in recent centuries...

Valdemar I of Denmark attacked his vassal, Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania. September/October 1166 Demmin, Wolgast, Usedom June 1168 Siege of Arkona, Rügen...

Rügen. In 1168, following the siege of Arkona, the Principality of Rügen became part of Kingdom of Denmark. In the course of German Ostsiedlung, many German...

southern shore of the Baltic for the next few centuries. The 1168 expedition was decided when, after a Danish siege of the burgh of Arkona, a fire broke...

occupied Rugia in 1168, conquering the Rani stronghold of Arkona. Similar to Henry's reinstatement of Pribislav as a Saxon vassal, Valdemar allowed the Rani...

Danish siege of the burgh of Arkona, a fire broke out leaving the defendants unable to further withstand the siege. Since Arkona was the major temple of the...

Kingdom of Polonnaruwa causes the Sinhalese under Parakramabahu the Great to raid Burma. 1168: King Valdemar I of Denmark conquers Arkona on the Island of Rügen...

Danish fleet led by Roskilde archbishop Absalon sacked Rügen. The Arkona temple was sieged and destroyed. After this main temple's fall, Rügen's capitol Charenza...

Ralswiek began to prosper in the course of the 9th century. A merchants' settlement has also been suggested near Arkona, but no archeological evidence supports...

This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost...

greatest landowner and held the domains of Spyker (Rügen) with Baldereck, Cape Arkona, Klein Jasmund (now part of Dubnitz, Sassnitz), Koosdorf, Polkvitz...

of Ireland, September 2004. Retrieved on 21 November 2008. Vaughan, 162 Siege, 102 Vaughan, 115 Vaughan, 301 Vaughan, 32 Vaughan, 37 Wolf, 94 Vaughan...

genre of folk metal. Bands that are known to use a choir include Arkona, Turisas, Lumsk and Eluveitie, while chants can be found in the music of Týr and...

was successfully defended during another siege by Henry the Lion. In 1211 it was captured by King Valdemar II of Denmark, who retained it until 1227. In...

stronghold of Slavic paganism was the Rani, with a temple to their god Svetovid on Cape Arkona, which was taken in a campaign by Valdemar I of Denmark in...

was taken over by the Swantewit temple at Arkona. Another civil war in the 1070s led to a further decline of the Lutician federation, who then were unable...

Eleanor's household. King Valdemar I (the Great) of Denmark conquers the Wendish capital at Arkona on the island of Rügen (modern Germany). The Wends become Christians...

and surrendered on 16 June. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden had returned from Brandenburg to supervise the siege, and upon his arrival received the university's...

siege of Damascus, an independent city that would soon fall into the hands of Nur ad-Din Zangi, the main enemy of the Crusaders. On the other side of...

French forces take Province of Pomerania except for Kolberg. 1807: Battle of Stralsund and Siege of Kolberg 1807: Peace of Tilsit, Prussia surrenders....

expedition of the Polish king Bolesław II the Generous against Bohemia in 1061 or 1068. Duke Bolesław suffered a defeat during the siege of Hradec and...