Battle of Detern

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Battle of Detern
Date27 September 1426
Location
near Detern
Result Victory for the rebelling East Frisians
Belligerents
Rebelling East Frisians Brokmerland and Auricherland
Commanders and leaders
Focko Ukena
Sibet von Rüstringen
Ocko II tom Brok

The Battle of Detern (German : Schlacht von Detern) on 27 September 1426 marked the prelude to the East Frisian rebellion against the rule of the tom Brok family over East Frisia.

In the course of the battle an East Frisian peasant army under Focko Ukena and Sibet of Rüstringen defeated the Oldenburg troops called by Chieftain Ocko II tom Brok to assist him, the Archbishop of Bremen and the counts of Hoya, Diepholz and Tecklenburg, who had besieged Detern. Focko Ukena - a former henchman of Ocko - thrashed the combined Bremen-Oldenburg cavalry force, after Count Dietrich of Oldenburg deserted his allies during the battle. [1] Count Johann von Rietberg, the second son of Otto II of Rietberg and Conrad X of Diepholz fell in battle. [2] and Archbishop Nicholas of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst was captured, [1] but released after negotiations with the Bremen town council.

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References

  1. 1 2 Dede, Klaus. An Weser und Jade – 1400-1429. Accessed on 11 January 2010.
  2. Schmidt, Heinrich (1975). Politische Geschichte Ostfrieslands. Rautenberg, Leer (Ostfriesland im Schutze des Deiches, Bd. 5), p. 85.