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'[[Image:Valdemar sejr.jpg|right|140px|thumb|Imaginary portrait of<br>King Valdemar II of Denmark]] The '''Battle of Stellau''' was a battle which took place in the year 1201 near the town Stellau, near [[Wrist, Germany|Wrist]] in the German state of [[Schleswig-Holstein]]. A German army led by Count [[Adolf III of Holstein]] fought a Danish army led by Duke [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar of Schleswig]]. Valdemar promoted the interests of his brother, King [[Canute VI of Denmark]]. After Adolf III of Holstein returned to Europe from the [[Third Crusade]] in 1197, a disagreement between him and the Danish King Canute VI broke out on the island of [[Rügen]] in 1200, followed by conflict in [[Dithmarschen]]. The Danish King Valdemar of Schleswig gave the order to the conflict in favor of Denmark to settle. The German army went to Stellau and crushed the Danes. Adolf pulled back from Stade to the city of [[Hamburg]] where he was besieged and Waldemar. In 1202, Valdemar became King Valdemar II of Denmark. It was not until 1203 that Adolf was freed by the new king on the condition that he waived all claims to [[Holstein]]. Count Adolf withdrew to his castle in [[Schauenburg]], where he died in 1225. After this battle, Valdemar acquired the nicknamed "the Conqueror," and maintained his hegemony over the north German coast, including Holstein. His authority continued until the [[Battle of Bornhöved (1227)|Battle of Bornhöved]] in 1227, where he was defeated by [[Adolf IV of Holstein]], the son of Adolf III. [[Category:History of Denmark]] [[Category:History of Schleswig-Holstein]] [[Category:Battles involving Germany]] [[de:Schlacht bei Stellau]] [[nl:Slag bij Stellau]] [[pl:Bitwa pod Stellau]]'