Battle of Ashingdon

GPTKB entity

Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Cnut_became_King_of_England
gptkbp:casualties High on both sides
gptkbp:climate Rainy
gptkbp:combatants Danish
English
gptkbp:date 1016
gptkbp:duration One day
gptkbp:followedBy Cnut's_ascension_to_the_English_throne
gptkbp:foughtIn October 18, 1016
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Earl_Ælfgar
gptkb:Earl_Æthelric
gptkb:Earl_Æthelweard
gptkb:Earl_Harold_Godwinson
gptkb:Earl_Wulfnoth
gptkb:King_Sweyn_Forkbeard
gptkb:Earl_Morkere
gptkb:Earl_Siward
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Earl_Godwin
gptkb:Earl_Ælfhelm
gptkb:Earl_Tostig_Godwinson
gptkb:Earl_Æthelnoth
gptkb:Earl_Wulfstan
gptkb:Earl_Ælfthryth
gptkb:Earl_Ælfwynn
gptkb:Earl_Æthelred
gptkb:Earl_Æthelstan
Cnut the Great
King Æthelred II
King Edmund II
Earl Leofric
Earl_Edwin
Earl_Ælfhelm.
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_Viking_invasions_of_England
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Ashingdon
gptkbp:impact Shift_in_power_dynamics_in_England
gptkbp:is_a_source_of gptkb:Chronicle_of_the_Kings_of_England
gptkbp:landscape Flat and open
gptkbp:leadership Edmund II
Cnut
gptkbp:legacy Cnut's rule established
gptkbp:location gptkb:Essex,_England
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
Cnut the Great
gptkbp:outcome End_of_English_resistance
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Assandun
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Danish_conquest_of_England
gptkbp:result Danish_victory
gptkbp:significance Decisive_battle_in_the_struggle_for_the_English_throne
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control_over_England
gptkbp:tactics Flanking maneuvers
Use of cavalry
gptkbp:torque Approximately 10,000
Approximately 15,000
gptkbp:type Land battle