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Group: Tridentum, (Lombard) duchy of
People: Melisende
Topic: Elster, Battle on the
Location: Buckfastleigh Devon United Kingdom

Elster, Battle on the

Years: 1080 - 1080

Battle on the Elster (German: Schlacht bei Hohenmölsen) is fought between Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and the German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia on October 14, 1080 near Hohenmölsen on the Weisse Elster.

"He who does not know how to give himself an account of three thousand years may remain in the dark, inexperienced, and live from day to day."

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan