Battle of Aizkraukle

Battle of Aizkraukle
	Part of the Livonian Crusade
	; Livonia in 1260, showing the location of Ascheraden (Aizkraukle)
Date	5 March 1279
Location	Near Aizkraukle
Result	Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order
Commanders and leaders
Traidenis	Ernst von Rassburg †; Eilart Hoberg †;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	71 knights killed

The Battle of Aizkraukle or Ascheraden was fought on 5 March 1279 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by Traidenis, and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order near Aizkraukle (German: Ascheraden) in present-day Latvia.^[2] The order suffered a great defeat: 71 knights, including the grand master, Ernst von Rassburg, and Eilart Hoberg, leader of the knights from Danish Estonia, were killed.^[2] It was the second-largest defeat of the order in the 13th century.^[3]^[2] After the battle Duke Nameisis of the Semigallians recognized Traidenis as his suzerain.^[4]

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