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    Battle of Lyrskov Heath (or Hede) was fought on September 28, 1043, at Lyrskov, between a Dano-Norwegian army led by Magnus the Good and an army of Wends...
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    Battle of Lyrskov Heath, near Hedeby. In the battle, Magnus wielded Saint Olaf's battle-axe, named Hel after the goddess of death. He had dreamt of his...
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    Magnus at the Battle of Lyrskov Heath at Hedeby, near the present-day border of Denmark and Germany. Sweyn won a great reputation at Lyrskov Heath, and had...
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    Thingmen (category Military units and formations of the Middle Ages)
    of men and many had not had the opportunity to distinguish themselves in battle. Consequently, he decided to select those that were the most prominent in...
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  • (1010) Battle of Nesjar (1016) Battle of Helgeå (1026) Battle of Boknafjorden (1028) Battle of Stiklestad (1030) Battle of Lyrskov Heath (1043) Battle of Rügen...
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  • Machine Jones, Gwyn (2001). A History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9780192801340. Battle of Lyrskov Hede. Bøgh, Anders (26 May 2015)...
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    Lürschau (redirect from Lyrskov)
    (Danish: Lyrskov) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In 1043 a heath at Lürschau was the site of a battle...
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    Kongeå (category Rivers of Jutland)
    a description of the 1043 battle in which King Magnus I of Norway and Denmark defeated at Lyrskov Hede (Hlyrskog Heath) a large army of Slavs who had...
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  • Magnus I of Norway defeats the Wends at Lyrskov Heath. 1048-1064 Danish-Norwegian war 1066 Harald III of Norway defeats the English in the Battle of Fulford...
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