Battle of Tonbridge

GPTKB entity

Properties (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical battle
gptkbp:aftermath consolidation_of_Norman_control_in_England
gptkbp:casualties significant losses on both sides
gptkbp:celebrates local festivals
historical reenactments
gptkbp:combatants Norman forces
English_forces
gptkbp:date October 26, 1066
gptkbp:followedBy Establishment_of_Norman_rule_in_England
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Tonbridge_Castle
gptkb:River_Medway
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Aethelred_the_Unready
gptkb:Edwin_of_Northumbria
gptkb:William_de_Warenne
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Harold_Harefoot
gptkb:Wulfnoth_Cild
gptkb:Harthacnut
gptkb:Robert_Curthose
gptkb:Roger_de_Montgomery
gptkb:Hugh_de_Grandmesnil
gptkb:Ethelred_II
gptkb:Sweyn_Forkbeard
gptkb:William_FitzOsbern
gptkb:Harold_Godwinson
gptkb:Rufus,_Duke_of_Normandy
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Earl_Godwin
gptkb:Edgar_the_Ætheling
gptkb:Leofwine_Godwinson
gptkb:Gyrth_Godwinson
gptkb:Richard_de_Bienfaite
Cnut the Great
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
Aethelwynn_of_Wessex
Bishop_Lanfranc
Maldred_of_Northumbria
gptkbp:historicalContext Middle Ages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Tonbridge
gptkbp:impact cultural changes due to Norman influence
shift_in_power_dynamics_in_England
gptkbp:is_a_source_of gptkb:Chronicles_of_William_of_Malmesbury
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Orderic Vitalis's writings
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_English_feudal_system
influence_on_English_military_tactics
gptkbp:location Tonbridge,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:William_the_Conqueror
gptkb:King_Harold_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Hastings
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Norman_invasion_of_England
Battle of Stamford Bridge
gptkbp:result gptkb:Norman_victory
gptkbp:significance part_of_the_Norman_Conquest_of_England
gptkbp:strategicGoals control_of_southern_England
gptkbp:tactics archery
cavalry charges