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| image = [[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Greyjoy Rebellion.jpg|400px|]]
| caption = Greyjoy's Rebellion by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games
| battle_name = Sea battle off Fair Isle
| conflict = [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]]
| date = 
| place = [[Straits of Fair Isle]]
| result = Decisive royal victory
| colour_scheme = 
| combatant1 = {{coa|Greyjoy|m}} [[House Greyjoy]]
| combatant2 = {{coa|Baratheon of King's Landing 1|m}} [[Iron Throne]]
*{{coa|Baratheon of Dragonstone 1|s}} [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]
*{{coa|Hightower|s}} [[House Hightower]]
*{{coa|Redwyne|s}} [[House Redwyne]]
| commander1 = {{coa|Greyjoy|s}} Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]]
| commander2 = {{coa|Baratheon of Dragonstone 1|s}} Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]<br>{{coa|Redwyne|s}} Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| strength1 = [[Iron Fleet]]
| strength2 = [[Royal fleet]]<br>Warships from the [[Arbor]], [[Oldtown]], and the [[Reach]]
| casualties1 = [[Iron Fleet]] scattered
| casualties2 = unknown
}}

A '''sea battle off Fair Isle'''{{ref|ADWD|42}} was a pivotal battle in [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], taking place in the [[Straits of Fair Isle]].

==Background==
[[Euron Greyjoy]] and his brother, Lord Captain [[Victarion Greyjoy]], led the [[burning of the Lannister fleet]] anchored at [[Lannisport]] to begin [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]] on behalf of their elder brother, [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]]. In response, King [[Robert I Baratheon]] brought the [[royal fleet]] commanded by Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]], supported by warships from the [[Redwyne fleet|Arbor]], [[Oldtown]], and the [[Reach]], to deal with the longship threat of the [[Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Old Way and the New}}

==Battle==
Led by Victarion, the [[Iron Fleet]] found itself in the [[Straits of Fair Isle]], with the island of [[Fair Isle]] to their west and the mainland of the [[westerlands]] to their east. Stannis's ships trapped them from the north and the south, smashing the [[ironborn]] fleet off Fair Isle.{{ref|AFFC|1}}{{ref|ADWD|63}}

''[[Golden Storm]]'', the ship of the youngest Greyjoy brother, [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron]], was destroyed by Stannis's flagship, ''[[Fury]]''.{{ref|AFFC|1}} Lady [[Gwynesse Harlaw]]'s husband died in the battle, as did the two sons of Lord [[Rodrik Harlaw]].{{ref|AFFC|11}}

==Aftermath==
With the threat of the [[Iron Fleet]] diminished, King [[Robert I Baratheon]] was able to land in the [[Iron Islands]] and put down [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Old Way and the New}} [[Aeron Greyjoy]] was held prisoner by [[House Lannister]] at [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|AFFC|1}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Recollection of his naval defeat bothers [[Victarion Greyjoy]], [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]].{{ref|ADWD|63}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|'''Victarion''': Would you lesson me in warfare? I was fighting battles when you were sucking mother's milk.<br>
'''Asha''': And losing battles too.<br>
'''Victarion''': Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.{{ref|AFFC|18}}|[[Victarion Greyjoy]] and [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}

{{quote|The memory of [[Fair Isle]] still rankled in the iron captain's memory.{{ref|ADWD|63}}|thoughts of [[Victarion Greyjoy]]}}

==References==
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[[Category:Battles|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:Greyjoy's Rebellion|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:House Baratheon battles|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:House Greyjoy battles|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:House Harlaw battles|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:House Hightower battles|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:House Redwyne battles|Fair Isle]]
[[Category:Iron Islands]]
[[Category:Westerlands]]


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