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Battle of Warns | |||||||
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The monument of the battle of Warns in Friesland. It says, in Frisian, "Better to be dead than a slave". | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
County of Holland | Frisia | ||||||
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William IV of Holland † | Frisians | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown |
The Battle of Warns (West Frisian: Slach by Warns; Dutch: Slag bij Warns) was a battle of the Friso-Hollandic Wars between Count William IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 September 1345. The annual commemoration of the battle is important for many nationalist Frisians. The Frisians won the battle and repelled the 'Hollanders' from the eastern coast of the Zuiderzee.[1]