Battle of Muhu

Livonian Crusade
Monument in the center of the Muhu Stronghold
Date January 1227 Location Muhu, Estonia 58°34′57″N 23°10′24″E / 58.5825°N 23.1733°E / 58.5825; 23.1733 Result Crusaders victory
Belligerents
Oeselians	Livs and Letts
Commanders and leaders
	Bishop Volquin, Bishop Lambert of Semigallia
Strength
Unknown	20,000
Casualties and losses
Heavy casualties	Low casualties

The Battle of Muhu was a military engagement fought between a force of Baltic and Germanic crusaders and pagan Oeselians. The battle, fought in Muhu, Estonia, resulted in the crusaders storming and capturing a fortress held by the Oeselians.^[1]

History

In January 1227, when the sea had frozen hard, a large Crusader army was gathered after the call of the

On the sixth day the Livonian army managed to break into the stronghold, where a ferocious slaughter took place. The wealth of the settlement, horses and bovines were looted, and the stronghold itself was burned down.[1]

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