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Battle of Bornholm (1535) | |||||||
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Part of Count's Feud | |||||||
The Battle of Bornholm, painting by Jacob Hägg (1894) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Free City of Lübeck & the Hanseatic League |
Sweden Denmark Royal Prussia Holstein | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown Lübeck commander |
Måns Svensson Some Peder Skram Johan Pein | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
26 Lübeck warships with unknown crew strength. |
20 allied warships c. 4,000 men, of which c. 11 Swedish ships with c. 2,500 men. | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The Battle of Bornholm was a naval engagement that took place in June 1535. The conflict saw Lübeck and the Hanseatic League engaged against the forces of Sweden, Prussia, Holstein, and Denmark. The Battle of Bornholm was part of the larger Count's Feud.