The Battle of Steppes was fought in modern-day Belgium on 13 October 1213 between Hugh Pierrepont, Bishop of Liège, and Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

Both Henry I, Duke of Brabant and Louis II, Count of Loon were related to Albert and claimed the county.

Badly prepared, the Duke of Brabant retreated, plundering and looting the Bishopric and setting fire to Tongeren.

Bishop Hugh Pierrepont rallied his allies, Louis II, Count of Loon, Henry III, Duke of Limburg and the citizens of Huy, to pursue the Brabantines.

The battle gave birth to the local legend of the intervention by the Virgin Mary, when a statue of her reflected the sun, blinding and causing panic amidst the Brabantines.