Battle of Durbe
The Battle of Durbe (Latvian: Durbes kauja, Lithuanian: Durbės mūšis, German: Schlacht an der Durbe) was a medieval battle fought near Durbe, 23 km 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 Livonian Order from Livonia. 150 knights were killed including Livonian Master Burchard von Hornhausen and Prussian Land Marshal Henrik Botel.
It was by far the largest defeat of the knights in the 13th century: in the second-largest Battle of Aizkraukle 71 knights were killed.
The battle inspired the Great Prussian Uprising (ended in 1274), rebellion of the Semigallians (surrendered in 1290), the Couronians (surrendered in 1267), and the Oeselians (surrendered in 1261).
The battle undid some 20 years of Livonian conquest and it took some thirty years for the Livonian Order to restore its control.
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| Name | ||
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| 1 |  | Treniota |
| 2 |  | Mindaugas Dižkunigaitis |
| 3 | Burkhard von Hornhausen | |
| 4 |  | Henrihs Botels |
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| 1 |  | Grobiņas viduslaiku pils drupas | 00.00.1245 | lv |
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