Battle of Assandun
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The Battle of Assandun was a decisive 1016 clash between Danish forces under Cnut and the English army of Edmund Ironside that effectively secured Danish rule over England.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Assandun canonical | 4 |
| Battle of Assandune | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Battle of Assandun Context triple: [Danish conquest of England, significantEvent, Battle of Assandun]
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Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge was a pivotal 1066 clash in England where King Harold Godwinson defeated a Norwegian invasion, effectively marking the end of large-scale Viking attempts to conquer England.
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Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was a pivotal 1066 conflict in which William the Conqueror’s Norman forces defeated the English army, leading to the Norman conquest of England.
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C.
Battle of White Horse
The Battle of White Horse was a major Korean War engagement in 1952 in which United Nations and South Korean forces fiercely defended a strategically vital hill against repeated Chinese assaults.
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D.
Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.
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E.
Battle of Poitiers
The Battle of Poitiers was a major 1356 engagement of the Hundred Years’ War in which the English, led by the Black Prince, decisively defeated and captured the French king John II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Assandun Target entity description: The Battle of Assandun was a decisive 1016 clash between Danish forces under Cnut and the English army of Edmund Ironside that effectively secured Danish rule over England.
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A.
Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge was a pivotal 1066 clash in England where King Harold Godwinson defeated a Norwegian invasion, effectively marking the end of large-scale Viking attempts to conquer England.
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B.
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was a pivotal 1066 conflict in which William the Conqueror’s Norman forces defeated the English army, leading to the Norman conquest of England.
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C.
Battle of White Horse
The Battle of White Horse was a major Korean War engagement in 1952 in which United Nations and South Korean forces fiercely defended a strategically vital hill against repeated Chinese assaults.
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D.
Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.
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E.
Battle of Poitiers
The Battle of Poitiers was a major 1356 engagement of the Hundred Years’ War in which the English, led by the Black Prince, decisively defeated and captured the French king John II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Edmund Ironside
ⓘ
surface form:
Edmund Ironside died shortly after the battle in 1016
Edmund Ironside retained only Wessex temporarily ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ashingdon
ⓘ
Battle of Assandun ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Assandune
|
| associatedWith |
Cnut's consolidation of power in England
ⓘ
end of Æthelred the Unready's dynasty ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Great Danish Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish forces
Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrder | one of the final battles of Cnut's English campaign of 1016 ⓘ |
| combatant |
Danish army of Cnut
ⓘ
English army of Edmund Ironside ⓘ |
| commander |
Cnut the Great
ⓘ
Edmund Ironside ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | church built by Cnut at Ashingdon ⓘ |
| conflict | English–Danish wars ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| date | 18 October 1016 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Encomium Emmae Reginae ⓘ |
| era | late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Treaty of Olney
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Olney (Treaty of Alney)
division of England between Cnut and Edmund Ironside ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Viking Age ⓘ |
| location |
Assandun
ⓘ
Essex ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
betrayal or desertion by some English nobles reported in chronicles
ⓘ
heavy English casualties ⓘ |
| opponent |
Cnut the Great
ⓘ
Edmund Ironside ⓘ |
| outcome | English resistance to Danish conquest largely broken ⓘ |
| partOf | Danish conquest of England ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Brentford
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Brentford (1016)
Battle of Sherston ⓘ |
| primaryOpposingRulers |
Cnut the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
King Cnut
Edmund II ⓘ
surface form:
King Edmund II
|
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| result |
Danish rule over England effectively secured
ⓘ
decisive Danish victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive battle in the Danish conquest of England
ⓘ
Cnut the Great ⓘ
surface form:
led to Cnut becoming king of all England
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| typeOfEngagement | pitched battle ⓘ |
| year | 1016 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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