Battle of Hemmingstedt
1500 attempt by the Kingdom of Denmark to suppress a peasant revolt in Dithmarschen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Hemmingstedt took place on 17 February 1500 south of the village of Hemmingstedt, near the present village of Epenwöhrden, in the western part of present-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was an attempt by King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick, who were co-dukes of Schleswig and Holstein, to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, who had established a peasants' republic on the coast of the North Sea. John was at the time also king of the Kalmar Union.
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Battle of Hemmingstedt | |||||||
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Combat between Danish and Dithmarschen troops at the Battle of Hemmingstedt by Rasmus Christiansen | |||||||
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Peasantry of Dithmarschen | |||||||
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Wulf Isebrand [de] |
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approx. 6,000 peasants |
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60 [1] | 7,000, thereof 360 nobles |
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