List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560

This is a list of wars that occurred in the Low Countries until 1560.
- For subsequent wars in the north, see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic (1560–1795) and List of wars involving the Netherlands (1795–present).
- For subsequent wars in the south, see
- List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829)
- List of wars involving Belgium (1830–present)
- List of wars involving Luxembourg (1890–present).
List
| Start | Finish | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | ||||
| 58 BCE | 50 BCE | Gallic Wars | Roman Republic | Gallic tribes Germanic tribes Celtic Britons Iberian tribes | Decisive Roman victory
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| 54 BCE | 53 BCE | Ambiorix's revolt (part of the Gallic Wars) | Roman Republic | Eburones | Roman victory
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| 12 BCE | 16 CE | Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) (including the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest) | Roman Empire | Germanic tribes | Strategic Germanic victory
|
| 28 | 28 | Battle of Baduhenna Wood | Roman Empire | Frisii | Indecisive; tactical Frisian victory
|
| 47 | 47 | Gannascus' revolt | Roman Empire | Cananefates Chauci Frisii | Roman victory
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| 69 | 70 | Revolt of the Batavi | Roman Empire | Batavi Cananefates Frisii Lingones Treveri | Roman victory
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| 286 | 296 | Carausian Revolt | Roman Empire | Franks | Roman victory
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| c.445 | c.450 | Frankish conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum[2] | Roman Empire | Salian Franks | Frankish victory |
| 448 | 448 | Battle of Vicus Helena | Roman Empire | Salian Franks | Roman victory |
| c.450 | c.450 | Battle of Finnsburg? | Frisii | Danes | Danish victory |
| c.525 | c.525 | Battle on the Rhine? | Frankish Empire Frisii? | Danes | Frankish victory |
| 600 | 793 | Frisian–Frankish wars | Frankish Empire | Frisian Kingdom | Frankish victory
|
| 715 | 718 | Frankish Civil War (715–718) | Carolingian faction (Austrasian) Charles Martel Chlothar IV (717–718) Pippinid faction (Austrasian) | Neustrian faction Ragenfrid Dagobert III (†715) Chilperic II Redbad of Frisia (716–718) Odo of Aquitaine (independent until 718) | Carolingian victory
|
| 772 | 804 | Saxon Wars | Frankish Empire Obotrite Confederacy | Saxons Frisians | Frankish victory
|
| 834 | 891 | Viking raids in the Rhineland | Vikings | Frankish Empire, splitting into: | Frankish victory
|
| 978 | 980 | Franco-German war of 978–980 | Holy Roman Empire | West Francia | Status quo ante bellum |
| 987 | 991 | Charles-Hugh Capet war | Lower Lotharingia | Kingdom of France | French victory |
| 1012 | 1018 | Lower Lorrainian war of succession[3] | County of Verdun | Verdun victory
| |
| 1018 | 1018 | Battle of Vlaardingen | West Frisia (later County of Holland) | West Frisian victory
| |
| 1037 | 1037 | Odo II invasion of Lotharingia | County of Champagne | Lower and Upper Lotharingia under Gothelo I | ●Battle of Bar-le-Duc : death of Odo ●Holy Roman Empire victory |
| 1044 | 1056 | Revolts of Godfrey the Bearded | Compromise
| ||
| 1070 | 1071 | War of the Flemish succession (1070–1071) | West Frisia (later County of Holland) | West Frisian victory
| |
| 1076 | 1076 | Battle of IJsselmonde | West Frisia (later County of Holland) | West Frisian victory
| |
| 1101 | 1115 | Wars of Henry of Lower Lorraine | Pro Henry Lower Lotharingia Holy Roman empire (1104-1106) | Pro Godfrey Lower Lotharingia Holy Roman empire (1101-1104 and 1006-1115) | Godfrey I, Count of Louvain remain Duke of Lower Lotharingia and Henry became count of Limburg |
| 1102 | 1105 | German-Flemish war | County of Flanders | Holy Roman Empire | Status quo ante bellum |
| 1127 | 1128 | War of the Flemish succession (1127–1128) | Theoderican victory
| ||
| 1128 | 1131 | Godfrey-Waleran war | Pro Godfrey Lower Lotharingia | Pro Waleran Lower Lotharingia | •Battle of Wilderen : Waleran victory•Waleran became duke of Lower Lotharingia •Godfrey renonce his title and went to the abbey of Affligem |
| 1132 | 1297 | West Frisian Wars[4][5][6] | West Frisians | Hollandic victory
| |
| 1139 | 1140 | Rebellion of Henry II of Limburg | Pro Henry Lower Lotharingia | Pro Godfrey Lower Lotharingia | •Godfrey victory, he remain duke of Lower lotharingia |
| 1139 | 1159 | Grimbergen Wars | Leuven victory
| ||
| 1142 | 1142 | Limburg-Fauquemont war | County of Limburg | Lordship of Fauquemont | Limburg victory |
| 1165 | 1323 | Flemish–Hollandic conflict over Zeeland Bewestenschelde[7] | Hollandic victory: Treaty of Paris (1323)
| ||
| 1182 | 1194 | War of Lembeek [fr] | Lower Lotharingia | County of Hainaut County of Luxembourg County of Namur County of Flanders | Compromise : Battle of Noville Treaty of Hal |
| 1186 | 1263/5 | War of the Namurois–Luxemburgish succession[8][9] | Compromise
| ||
| 1202 | 1378 | Liégeois–Brabantian Wars | Compromise: Truce of Booienhoven | ||
| 1203 | 1206 | Loon War | Ada and Louis II Supported by: | William Supported by: | Military and long-term political victory for William
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| 1212 | 1213 | War of the Moha succession (part of the Liégeois–Brabantian Wars) | Liégeois victory
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| 1213 | 1214 | Anglo-French War (1213–1214) | (England, Anjou, Normandy, Aquitaine) | French victory
| |
| 1225 | 1227 | Drenthe–Groningen war | Gelkingen | Drenther victory
| |
| 1228 | 1232 | Drenther Crusade | Inconclusive
| ||
| 1226/8 | 1231/2 | War of the Succession of Breda[10] | |||
| 1244 | 1254 | War of the Flemish Succession | Supported by: | Supported by: | Compromise
|
| 1245/50 | 1273/5 | Great Interregnum |
|
| Compromise
|
| 1256 | 1422 | Friso-Hollandic Wars | Upstalsboom League Various other Frisian factions | Holland conquers West Frisia, but makes no substantial gains in Middle Frisia | |
| 1272 | 1278 | War of the Cow | Indecisive
| ||
| 1283 | 1289 | War of the Limburg Succession | Brabantian victory
| ||
| 1296 | 1335 | Awans and Waroux War[11] | Stalemate
| ||
| 1297 | 1305 | Franco-Flemish War | French victory
| ||
| 1303 | 1306 | Brussels Revolt | Brabantian artisan guilds | Brabantian patrician class | Patrician–ducal victory
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| 1322 | 1326 | Bredevoorter Feud | Compromise: Peace of Wesel
| ||
| 1323 | 1328 | Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328 | French victory
| ||
| 1336 | 1366 | Wars of the Loon Succession (part of the Liégeois–Brabantian Wars) | Supported by: | Supported by: | Liégeois victory |
| 1337 | 1453 | Hundred Years' War | Valois victory
| ||
| 1350 | 1361 | Guelderian Fratricidal War | Edwardian victory
| ||
| 1350 | 1490 | Hook and Cod wars | Hook league (anti-Burgundy) | Cod league (pro-Burgundy) | Cod victory
|
| 1352 | 1365 | War of the Valkenburg succession[13] |
| Brabantian victory
| |
| 1356 | 1357 | War of the Brabantian Succession | Flemish–Guelderian victory
| ||
| 1364 | 1368 | First war of Guelders[14] | Military stalemate, diplomatic Brabantian victory
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| 1371 | 1371 | Battle of Baesweiler | Jülich–Guelderian victory
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| 1371 | 1379 | First War of the Guelderian Succession | Jülich victory
| ||
| 1379 | 1385 | Revolt of Ghent (1379–1385) (part of the Hundred Years' War) | Franco–Burgundian victory
| ||
| 1382 | 1383 | Despenser's Crusade (part of the Hundred Years' War, Revolt of Ghent and Western Schism) | Truce
| ||
| 1385 | 1390 | Second war of Guelders[15][16] | Guelderian victory
| ||
| 1397 | 1399 | Third war of Guelders[17][18] | Peace of Ravenstein, 15 August 1399[20] | ||
| 1401 | 1412 | Arkel Wars[21] | Hollandic victory
| ||
| 1413 | 1422 | Great Frisian War | Vetkopers | Schieringers | Stalemate
|
| 1423 | 1449 | Utrecht Schism[22] | Lichtenbergers Hook league Proysen | Lokhorsten Cod league Council of Basel (1431–49) Antipope Felix V (1439–49) | Lichtenberger victory
|
| 1438 | 1441 | Dutch–Hanseatic War (part of the Sound Wars) | Stalemate; compromise | ||
| 1442 | 1446 | Hollandic–Bremer war | Peace of Harderwijk (1446) | ||
| 1449 | 1453 | Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453) | Burgundian victory
| ||
| 1456 | 1458 | Utrecht war (1456–1458) | Graauwerts Cod league | Lichtenbergers Hook league | Burgundian victory
|
| 1458 | 1464 | Donia War[23] | Harinxmas (Schieringers) | Donias (Vetkopers) | Successive reconciliations between warring clans |
| 1459 | 1459 | Revolt against Arnold[24] | Arnoldian victory
| ||
| 1465 | 1468 | Wars of Liège | Burgundian victory
| ||
| 1465 | 1468 | War in Guelders[24] | Adolfian victory (Battle of Straelen)
| ||
| 1473 | 1473 | Burgundian conquest of Guelders[25] | Burgundian victory
| ||
| 1474 | 1477 | Burgundian Wars | Franco–Swiss victory
| ||
| 1477 | 1482 | War of the Burgundian Succession | Habsburg: | Valois-Orléans: | Treaty of Arras (1482), Treaty of Senlis (1493)
|
| 1477 | 1499 | Guelderian War of Independence (1477–82, 1494–9) (part of the War of the Burgundian Succession) | Habsburg: | Guelders: Supported by: | Guelderian victory
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| 1481 | 1483 | Utrecht war of 1481–83 (part of the Hook and Cod Wars) | Cod league | Hook league | Cod victory
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| 1483 | 1492 | Flemish revolts against Maximilian | Habsburg victory
| ||
| 1488 | 1490 | Squire Francis War (part of the Hook and Cod Wars) | Cod league (pro-Habsburg) | Hook league (anti-Habsburg) | Cod–Habsburg victory
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| 1491 | 1492 | Bread and Cheese Revolt | Habsburg victory
| ||
| 1502 | 1543 | Guelders Wars | Habsburg:
| Guelders: Supported by:
| Habsburg victory
|
| 1514 | 1517 | Saxon feud (part of the Guelders Wars) |
24 German princes |
| Compromise
|
| 1531 | 1534 | Guelderian feud (part of the Guelders Wars) |
| Guelderian victory; Peace of Logum
| |
| 1539 | 1540 | Revolt of Ghent (1539) | Habsburg victory
| ||
| 1542 | 1546 | Italian War of 1542–1546 | Inconclusive
| ||
| 1551 | 1559 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | Spanish and Imperial (Habsburg) victory | ||
- War of succession, diocesan feud or clan feud
- War of conquest (territorial control)
- Religious war
- Economic war (including socio-economic revolts)
- Revolt or rebellion (political)
References
- ^ Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "Franken". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.
- ^ According to Lanting & van der Plicht (2010), the conquest of Turnacum and Cameracum probably happened in the period 445–450. Lanting, J. N.; van der Plicht, J. (2010). "De 14C-chronologie van de Nederlandse Pre- en Protohistorie VI: Romeinse tijd en Merovische periode, deel A: historische bronnen en chronologische thema's". Palaeohistoria 51/52 (2009/2010) (in Dutch). Groningen: Groningen Institute of Archaeology. pp. 46–47. ISBN 9789077922736. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Timothy Reuter (ed.), The New Cambridge Medieval History. Volume 3, c.900–c.1024 (1999), p. 321.
- ^ Nieuwenhuijsen, Kees (2018). De Slag bij Vlaardingen 1018: Strijd om het graafschap Holland. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek. p. 289. ISBN 9789401912693. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ 't Jong, Henk (2018). De dageraad van Holland: De geschiedenis van het graafschap 1100-1300. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek. p. 123. ISBN 9789020534870. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Resten West-Friese moordpartij gevonden". NOS. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ Graaf, R. de: Oorlog om Holland 1000-1375 (Verloren, Hilversum, 2004), ISBN 9065508074, p. 156, 167.
- ^ Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "Namen [geschiedenis]. §1. Regeerders". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.
- ^ Coppens, Thera (2019). Johanna en Margaretha: Gravinnen van Vlaanderen en prinsessen van Constantinopel. Meulenhoff Boekerij. p. 348, footnote 315. ISBN 9789402313956. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Boeren, P.C. (1962). Hadewych en Heer Hendrik Van Breda (in Dutch). Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins (1993–2002) s.v. "Awans-en-Waroux-oorlog". Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum.
- ^ Arnold and Godfrey were also quarreling amongst themselves, and did not constitute a united front against the Liégeois prince-bishop.
- ^ Boffa 2004, pp. 13–15.
- ^ Boffa 2004, pp. 15–17.
- ^ Boffa 2004, pp. 30–35.
- ^ Eads, V.; Rogers, Clifford J. (2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology: Volume I. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0195334036. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Boffa 2004, pp. 38–43.
- ^ Houthuys, Astrid (2009). Middeleeuws kladwerk: de autograaf van de Brabantsche yeesten, boek VI (vijftiende eeuw). Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 261. ISBN 9789087040635. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Boffa 2004, pp. 39–41.
- ^ Boffa 2004, pp. 42–43.
- ^ Brouwer, Maria (2016). Governmental Forms and Economic Development: From Medieval to Modern Times. Switzerland: Springer Publishing. p. 161. ISBN 9783319420400. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ van Engen, Hildo (2006). De derde orde van Sint-Franciscus in het middeleeuwse bisdom Utrecht: Een bijdrage tot de institutionele geschiedenis van de Moderne Devotie. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. pp. 137–138. ISBN 9789065509208.
- ^ J. Frieswijk e.o., Fryslân, staat en macht (Hilversum 1999) pp. 53–60.
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Bibliography
- Boffa, Sergio (2004). Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. pp. 3–10. ISBN 9781843830610. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

