Battle of Worringen

Battle of Worringen
Part of the War of the Limburg Succession

Illustration from a mid 15th century ms. of Brabantsche Yeesten
Date5 June 1288
Location
Worringen, today part of Cologne
Result Brabantian victory
Territorial
changes
Limburg added to Brabant; Cologne de facto independent from Electorate
Belligerents
Electorate of Cologne
County of Guelders
County of Luxemburg
Lordship of Ligny
County of Nassau
House of Plettenberg
County of Hülchrath
Lordship of Tomburg
Duchy of Brabant
City of Cologne
County of Berg
County of Mark
County of Loon
County of Jülich
County of Tecklenburg
County of Waldeck
County of Ziegenhain
County of Vianden
Commanders and leaders
Siegfried II of Westerburg
Reginald I of Guelders
Henry VI of Luxembourg 
Waleran I of Ligny 
Adolf of Nassau
Dietrich Luf II
John I of Brabant
Adolf VIII of Berg
Eberhard II of Mark
Arnold V
Walram of Jülich
Otto III of Tecklenburg
Otto I of Waldeck
Gottfried VI of Ziegenhain
Geoffrey I of Vianden
Strength

4,200

  • 2,800 armored cavalry
  • 1,400 footmen

4,800

  • 2,300 armored cavalry
  • 2,500 footmen
Casualties and losses
c. 1,100a c. 40
a: A substantial number of the adult male members of the House of Luxembourg were killed in this battle.

The Battle of Worringen was fought on 5 June 1288 near the town of Worringen (also spelled Woeringen), which is now part of Chorweiler, the northernmost borough (Stadtbezirk) of Cologne. It was the decisive battle of the War of the Limburg Succession, fought for the possession of the Duchy of Limburg between on one side the Archbishop Siegfried II of Cologne and Count Henry VI of Luxembourg, and on the other side, Duke John I of Brabant.[1]

  1. ^ Michel Pauly Geschichte Luxemburgs 2013 p. 38