Historical

The Battle of Worringen was fought on June 5, 1288, near the town of Worringen (also spelled Woeringen), which is now the northernmost borough of Cologne. The battle was fought for the possession of the Duchy of Limburg, and was one of the largest battles in Europe in the Middle Ages.

• Date: june 1288
• Location: Worringen, today part of Cologne (Köln)
• Result: Decisive Brabantian victory
• Territorial changes: Limburg added to Brabant; Cologne de facto independent from Electorate

Belligerents

Coalition of Guelders

• Electorate of Cologne
• County of Guelders
• County of Luxembourg
• County of Nassau

Commander: Siegfried II of Westerburg, Archbishop of Cologne

• Graf Reinald I von Geldern
• Graf Heinrich VI von Luxemburg †
• Walram von Luxemburg, Herr von Ligny †
• Graf Adolf von Nassau
• Herren von Plettenberg
• Heer Walram van Valkenburg
• Dietrich „Luf“ von Kleve
• Walram von Jülich, Herr von Bergheim
• Dietrich III. von Moers
• Graf Dietrich von Altena-Isenberg
• Graf Heinrich I von Runkel †
• Hendrik III van Borculo, burggraaf van Coevorden †

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Coalition of Brabant

• Duchy of Brabant
• County of Berg
• County of Mark
• County of Loon
• County of Jülich
• County of Tecklenburg
• County of Waldeck

Commander: Jan I, Duke of Brabant

• Graf Adolf V von Berg
• Graf Eberhard I von der Mark
• Bürger der Stadt Köln
• Bergische und Märkische Bauern
• Graf Walram von Jülich
• Graf Arnold V von Loon
• Graf Otto IV von Tecklenburg
• Graf Otto I von Waldeck
• Graf Gottfried VI von Ziegenhain
• Graf Gottfried I von Vianden