Battle of Rudau

Battle of Rudau
Part of the Northern Crusades
Date17 or 18 February 1370
Location
Rudau north of Königsberg
54°52′19″N 20°27′37″E / 54.87194°N 20.46028°E / 54.87194; 20.46028
Result Teutonic victory
Belligerents
Teutonic Knights Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Commanders and leaders
Winrich von Kniprode and Henning Schindekop † Algirdas and Kęstutis
Strength
Unknown 2,000–3,000 (realistically)[1][2]
Casualties and losses
26 Knights and 100[3] or 300 men[4] 1,000 men[3] or 3,500 men[4]

The Battle of Rudau (German: Schlacht bei Rudau, Lithuanian: Rūdavos mūšis) was a medieval pitched battle[5] fought between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on 17 or 18 February 1370[6] near Rudau village, north of Königsberg (now Melnikovo village in the Kaliningrad oblast). According to the Teutonic chronicler Wigand of Marburg and the Livonian chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, the Lithuanians suffered a great defeat.

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  3. ^ a b According to Wigand of Marburg
  4. ^ a b According to Hermann de Wartberge
  5. ^ Rowell, S. C. (1994). Lithuania Ascending: A Pagan Empire Within East-Central Europe, 1295-1345. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-521-45011-9.
  6. ^ German sources give February 17; Lithuanian sources – February 18.