Battle of Warns

Battle of Warns
The monument of the battle of Warns in Friesland. It says, in Frisian, "Better to be dead than a slave".
The monument of the battle of Warns in Friesland. It says, in Frisian, "Better to be dead than a slave".
Date26 September 1345
Location
Result Victory for the Frisians, West Frisia not under Hollandic subjugation.
Belligerents
County of Holland Frisia
Commanders and leaders
William IV of Holland  Frisians
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
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]

  1. ^ "Holland without Graaf after William IV died at the Battle of Warns". 26 September 1345.