Place:Rudau, Ostpreußen, Preußen, Germany

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NameRudau
TypeVillage
Located inOstpreußen, Preußen, Germany
source: Family History Library Catalog


The Battle of Rudau was a medieval pitched battle fought between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights on 17 or 18 February 1370 near Rudau village north of Königsberg. According to the Teutonic chronicler Wigand of Marburg and the Livonian chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, the Lithuanians suffered a great defeat.

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