Battle of Lyndanisse

Battle of Lyndanisse

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Lyndanisse
partof=Northern Crusades


caption=
date=June 15, 1219
place=Lyndanisse (Tallinn), Estonia
result=Danish victory
combatant1=Revalia,Harria
combatant2=Denmark
commander1=
commander2=Valdemar II
strength1=1000-2000The Baltic Crusade By William L. Urban; Northern IllinoisUniversity Press; ISBN 0875800521]
strength2="several thousand"
casualties1=?
casualties2=?

The Battle of Lyndanisse took place on June 15 1219.

Under pretext of helping the Crusade in Palestine, the Danish king Valdemar II Sejr defeated the Estonians at Lyndanisse (Estonian: "Lindanise") under orders from the Pope.

With a number of longboats, the king, together with Bishop Anders Sunesen, Bishop Theoderik of Estonia, Count Albert of Nordalbingien and Vitslav I of Rügen sailed to Lyndanisse what is today known as Tallinn and took over the castle there (Castrum Danorum).

On 15 June, the Estonians attacked the Danes near the castle which came as such a surprise to the crusaders that they fled in all directions. But under Vitslav, they regrouped and drove off the Estonians.

Legend holds that during this battle, in the Danes' hour of need, the Danish flag, Dannebrog fell from the sky and gave them renewed hope. The Dannebrog remains the oldest state flag in use today.

References

See also

* Northern Crusades
* Castrum Danorum
* Danish Estonia
* Flag of Denmark
* 15 June

External links

* [http://www.navalhistory.dk/Danish/Flaget/FlagetsHistorie.htm Legenden om Dannebrog]
* [http://neva.hjem.wanadoo.dk/Litauen.html »Mare Balticum«. Østersøen - myte, historie og kunst i 1000 år]
* [http://www.stroudgate.net/eapb/articles/article.php?id=6,xss One of the world’s oldest flags...]


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