Battle of Zierikzee

Battle of Zierikzee
	Part of Franco-Flemish War
Date	10–11 August 1304
Location	Zierikzee, County of Zeeland; (modern Netherlands)
Result	Allied victory: Annihilation of the Flemish fleet;
Belligerents
Kingdom of France; County of Holland; Republic of Genoa	County of Flanders
Commanders and leaders
Rainier I Grimaldi	Guy of Namur (POW)
Strength
54 ships	37 ships
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The battle of Zierikzee was a naval battle between a Flemish fleet and an allied Franco-Hollandic fleet which took place on 10 and 11 August 1304. The battle, fought near the town of Zierikzee, ended in a Franco-Dutch victory.^[1] The battle is part of a larger conflict between the Count of Flanders and his French feudal lord, King Philip IV of France (1296–1305).

^ Sayers, William (2006), Rogers, Clifford J.; France, John; Devries, Kelly (eds.), "Naval Tactics at the Battle of Zierikzee (1304) in the Light of Mediterranean Praxis", Journal of Medieval Military History, vol. 4, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 74–90, ISBN 978-1-84615-481-2, retrieved 2 January 2023

[1] Sayers, William (2006), Rogers, Clifford J.; France, John; Devries, Kelly (eds.), "Naval Tactics at the Battle of Zierikzee (1304) in the Light of Mediterranean Praxis", Journal of Medieval Military History, vol. 4, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 74–90, ISBN 978-1-84615-481-2, retrieved 2 January 2023

[1]