Battle of Værebro
| The Battle of Værebro | |||||||
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| Part of The Danish Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Forces of Eric | Forces of Magnus | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Eric II of Denmark | Magnus the Strong | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ~3,000 | ~3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| ~2,000 | Minor losses | ||||||
The Battle of Værebro took place in the year 1133 at the Værebro river, on the isle of Zealand.
A Zealandic and Scanian army led by Eric II of Denmark fought a jutlandic army under Magnus the Strong. Magnus defeated the army of Eric and reconquered Roskilde and with it Zealand.