Battle of Lüneburg Heath

The Battle of Lüneburg Heath (also called the Battle of Ebstorf) was a conflict between the army of King Louis the Younger and the Norse Great Heathen Army fought on 2 February 880 CE, at Lüneburg Heath in today's Lower Saxony.[2] The army of Louis met the Norsemen at Lüneburg Heath.The Saxons were routed in a snowstorm, with the army being destroyed or captured.[citation needed] Known combatants include Marquard of Hildesheim, Theodoric of Minden,[3] Lothar I, Count of Stade, an unidentified count named "Bardonum"[4] and Bruno, Duke of East Saxony[5][page needed] who, according to the chronicles Annales Fuldenses[6][page needed] and the Gesta Francorum,[a] drowned in a river during the Saxon retreat.Those killed were recognized by the Catholic Church as the Martyrs of Ebsdorf, whose feast day is 2 February.