Battle of Bornhöved (1227)
| Battle of Bornhöved | |||||||||
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| Part of Dano–German War (1226–1227) | |||||||||
The Battle of Bornhöved as displayed in the Sächsische Weltchronik | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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County of Holstein Hanseatic League |
Kingdom of Denmark Otto the Child for a Welf principality | ||||||||
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| Adolf IV, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein | Valdemar II, King of Denmark | ||||||||
The (second) Battle of Bornhöved took place on 22 July 1227 near Bornhöved in Holstein. Count Adolf IV of Schauenburg and Holstein — leading an army consisting of troops from the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, Dithmarschen, Holstein, and various Northern German nobles, defeated King Valdemar II of Denmark and the Welf Otto the Child.