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  Battle of Worringen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The battle was fought for the possession of the duchy of Limburg, and was one of the largest battles in Europe in the Middle Ages.
In the earliest phases of the battle, John of Brabant and Henry of Luxemburg met.
The number of deaths at the battle of Worringen is estimated at 1100 at the Guelders side and 40 on the Brabant side.
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 GELDERLAND - LoveToKnow Article on GELDERLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In this battle the count of Luxemburg was slain, and Reinald had to surrender his claims as the price of his defeat to John of Brabant.
A wound received at the battle of Woeringen had affected his brain,and an insurrection against him was in 1316 headed by his son Reinald, who assumed the government under the title of Son of the Count.
At the battle of Tiel (1361) Reinald was defeated and taken prisoner, and Edward held the duchy till 1371.
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 BRABANT - LoveToKnow Article on BRABANT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
John I., in 1283 bought the duchy of Limburg from Adolf of Berg, and secured his acquisition by defeating and slaying his competitor, Henry of Luxemburg, at the battle of Woeringen (June 5, 1288).
Anthony was killed at the battle of Agincourt in 1415 and was succeeded by his eldest son by Jeanne of Luxemburg St P01, John IV.
He is chiefly memorable for the excitement caused by his divorce from his wife Jacoba (q.v.), countess of Holland.
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 John I, Duke of Brabant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1267 his elderbrother Henry, being infirm of mind and body, was deposed in his favour.
The greatest victory of Jan I was the famous battle of Woeringen by which Jan I came to reign over the Duchy ofLimburg.
Jan I is said to be a perfect model of a feudal prince in the days of chivalry: brave, adventurous,excelling in every form of active exercise, fond of display, generous in temper.
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His most famous victory was in the Battle of Woeringen (1288) in which his armies defeated those of the Archbishop of Cologne, and the Dukes of Luxemburg and Gueldre.
What one could not achieve in battle was sometimes possible by marriage and in this regard his son (Jan II) married the daughter of King Edward I of England.
For the Haacht Brewery in Boortmeerbeek near Louvain (the city where Jan Primus was born in the castle on Mont Cesar) the Duke of Brabant is seen as a Knight; he rides to battle or a jousting tournament on their Primus beer label.
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 Dictionary battle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
, conflict, fight, engagement -- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
-- an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
, combat -- battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
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 Re: Violent and/or fighting bishops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bishop Otto II of Utrecht and his army, which he led in person, were lured into the marshes and hacked to pieces.
5.6.1288 Battle of Woeringen: archbishop Siegfried of Westenburg fought on horseback on the battlefield, surrendered when surrounded and was taken prisoner.
I have no doubt that there are many more clerical gentlemen who, with or without sharp weapons (bishop Odo of Bayeux fought with a warclub, and on a horse, in the battle of Hastings), participated in fighting all over the Christian world, but as I said: this is a selection of Nether German examples.
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 Logistics--very long! - NetSword Discussion Forums
And unless it was known that a battle was likely imminent so that they could be recalled or kept in camp, part of the army would be missing when it was needed.
As one example, Henry V of England stands in the forefront of medieval commanders, yet the English army was in danger of starvation by the time the French caught up and brought them to battle at Agincourt.
The third Carthaginian line forced the Romans to a halt, and the battle was in grave doubt until the Roman (and allied Numidian) horse returned to the battlefield from chasing Hannibal's horsemen, and fell upon the rear of the Carthaginian foot.
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Once you walk through the gate you are back in a time were knights fought heroic battles and life was a hard and daily battle to survive.
We start our story in 1288 whith "Hendrik van Leuven", he played an important roll in the battle of Woeringen, and was one of the first owners of Gaasbeek.
During the siege of Brussels in 1695 the castle was again the scene of furious battles.
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Limburg (Roermond) was lost in 1288 (Battle of Woeringen.
The battle was fought and lost on the “ Mokerhei” (near Nijmegen.) Henry and Lodewijk van Nassau were killed.
In W.W. II in September 1944 the same Mokerhei was again the scene of heavy battles.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The white and blue coat of arms between two sheep standing on their hind legs of Tienen is a souvenir to the wool- and cloth weaving which was very famous in the middle ages.
Tienen received its coat of arms from Jan I as a reward for the courage displayed by its archers and crossbowmen in the battle at Woeringen in 1228.
This victory put an end to the hostilities of the episcopal principality of Luik and opened the trade route from east to west.
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 Page 1 of the Kivits -
The cities are protected well and Jan I begot the region Limburg due to the victory at Woeringen.
For the first time Guns are used in warfare by the Brittish in the battle of Crecy 1346.
It was an opportunity to study and learn the refinements of the gentry class, and the skills in sword fighting for battle.
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 My Lines - Person Page 208
He went on crusade with Richard, with whom he was now reconciled, and won great prestige among the lords of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, who asked their absentee king, the emperor Frederick II, to appoint Simon as his viceroy there between 1240 and 1242.
He defeated the forces of Henry III in 1260 in the Battle of Lewes, England.
He fought and was captured by the Scots on 24 June 1314 in Battle of Bannockburn.
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 Global Beer Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Nijlen and the sister village of Kessel were selected by the Belgian army at the beginning of the 20th century to build military forts to stop a possible German invasion.
The short life of each of these forts in battle is one reason why Flemings in general have very low esteem for the Belgian army.
141 years later in 1286, the farmers of Nijlen joined the side of the Duke of Brabant in the battle of Woeringen, where they defeated the people of Limburg.
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 enchanting castles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Willem van Beaufort was a loyal servant to the Count of Luxembourg.
In 1288 during the battle of Woeringen, Willem was brave and protected his Count so well that he received from the future Emperor Hendrik VII all the land around Spontin.
However, this was not the end of troubled times for this castle.
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 June Military History
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Battle of Trevillian Station/Central Railroad, VA Moslems massacre 300 Christians at Alexandria, Egypt
Japanese DD Sakaki sunk in the Mediterranean by an Austro-Hungarian u-boat
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Shortly after 1288, Jan van Heelu composed a rhymed historiographical account of the Battle of Woeringen in which he sang the praise of its hero, Jan I, Duke of Brabant.
In the field of artes-literature, non-Latinists were informed about medieval cosmography by the rhymed and prose version of De natuurkunde van het geheelal [The science of the cosmos]; the earliest examples of Middle Dutch prose writings in the previously-mentioned Nederrijns moraalboek are concerned with moral precepts, epigrams and a bestiary of love.
They have composed many verses that are of little benefit to the soul: they tell stories about battles and love, about Roland and Olivier, about Alexander and Ogier, about Walewein (how he fought against his enemies and endured many torments for the love of a beautiful lady), about Piramus (how he died for love).
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He then came to the Art School in Brussels where he became a student of Anto Carte, an outstanding master.
In 1937 he painted a main canvas of 24 m2 “the battle of Woeringen” an historical fact of Flanders, this work received a gold medal and prizes and laid rolled in some place since then just exhibited for a short period in Schaerbeek in 1991.
World War II stopped Relens in his career and from 1937 till 1957 he abandoned brushes and canvases because of the violence and ruins all over.
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Weavers of Brugges (Battle of the Golden Spurs)
Banners of Brabant at the battle of Woeringen against Germans in 1288
Archibishop of Köln and his vassals (Woeringen 1288)
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 generation 15 ('stamoudgrootouders')
Godezo, count of Teisterbant, born circa 980, died circa 1018 in the battle near the Merwede, married circa 1010:
Hermann of Werl, lord of Werl, born circa 980, died circa 1024
Fop (of Arkel), participated in the battle of Louis IV, king of
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 1288 in History
February 22, 1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV April 24, 1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
June 5, 1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
June 5, 1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle
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 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 July 16 in History
Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 July 16 in History
Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.
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 Clann Fhaoilcheire Timeline
Election of Pope Nicholas IV (13 Feb); Scotland legalizes women proposing marriage to men on Leap Day - if the man refused, he was required to pay a fine.
Wallace routs English at the Battle of Black Ironside (12 Jun); Battle of Goellheim: an army under Albert of Austria defeats and kills Adolf of Nassua near Worms, Germany (2 Jul); Edward I of England crosses the Tweed at Coldstream (3 Jul); Edward I defeats Scots (incl.
Randolph, Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland dies (20 Jul); Edward Balliol defeats and kills Donald, Earl of Mar, Regent of Scotland, at the Battle of Dupplin (12 Aug); Edward Balliol (son of John Balliol) crowned at Scone (24 Sep); Edward Balliol deposed by supporters of David II (Dec)
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 cartographical exhibition
Within the county of Dalhem, Voeren did hold the most important courthouse.
The Battle of Woeringen, June 5 1288: a milestone
Duke Jan I of Brabant defeated a Gelders-Limburg coalition at Woeringen.
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 June 5 - Today in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1288 - Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
1864 - Battle of Piedmont, Virginia (Augusta City)
1940 - Battle of France begins in WW II 1940 - Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
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 The Medieval Times Vol III No.5
In law school they even use moot as a verb, as in "to moot."
Because in the Middle Ages, when points were often made with battle axes rather than briefs, the word "mod," pronounced like moot, meant a meeting.
It came from a still older word, "metan," meaning the same thing.
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 Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Luxembourg (Arlon, Verdun, Limburg, Lorraine, Longwy, Salm, Verdun)
In 1288 the battle of Woeringen decided the outcome: Duke Jan I was victorious, Count Henri VI of Luxembourg was killed, Count Reinoud I of Gelre was taken prisoner, and the Archbishop of Cologne forever lost his political influence in this region.
Count Henri VI lost his life in the battle of Woeringen in 1288, see the page on Van der Dussen.
For the family of his wife Béatrix see the page on Avesnes
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 Today in the History
1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
1861 Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works DE Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)
1940 Battle of France begins in WW II Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
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 Global Milestones June 05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Battle of France begins in WW II Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
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