Battle of Radcot Bridge
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The Battle of Radcot Bridge was a 1387 clash during the reign of Richard II in which forces loyal to the Lords Appellant defeated royal troops, marking a key moment in the power struggle between the king and his nobles in late medieval England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Radcot Bridge canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5267825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Radcot Bridge Context triple: [Radcot, historicalEvent, Battle of Radcot Bridge]
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Battle of Brentford
The Battle of Brentford was a 1642 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Royalist forces attacked and briefly overwhelmed Parliamentarian troops west of London before being checked by a larger Parliamentarian army.
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B.
Battle of Brentford
The Battle of Brentford was an 11th-century clash near London in which King Edmund Ironside fought Danish forces during the Viking invasions of England.
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C.
Battle of Boroughbridge
The Battle of Boroughbridge was a pivotal 1322 clash in England in which King Edward II’s forces decisively defeated rebellious barons led by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, effectively crushing major opposition to the king’s rule.
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D.
Battle of Chalgrove Field
The Battle of Chalgrove Field was a minor but historically significant skirmish of the English Civil War in 1643, noted especially for the mortal wounding of Parliamentarian leader John Hampden.
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E.
Battle of the River Idle
The Battle of the River Idle was a 7th-century conflict in early Anglo-Saxon England in which the Northumbrian exile Edwin, aided by East Anglian forces, defeated and killed King Æthelfrith of Northumbria, paving the way for Edwin’s accession to the Northumbrian throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Radcot Bridge Target entity description: The Battle of Radcot Bridge was a 1387 clash during the reign of Richard II in which forces loyal to the Lords Appellant defeated royal troops, marking a key moment in the power struggle between the king and his nobles in late medieval England.
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A.
Battle of Brentford
The Battle of Brentford was a 1642 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Royalist forces attacked and briefly overwhelmed Parliamentarian troops west of London before being checked by a larger Parliamentarian army.
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B.
Battle of Brentford
The Battle of Brentford was an 11th-century clash near London in which King Edmund Ironside fought Danish forces during the Viking invasions of England.
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C.
Battle of Boroughbridge
The Battle of Boroughbridge was a pivotal 1322 clash in England in which King Edward II’s forces decisively defeated rebellious barons led by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, effectively crushing major opposition to the king’s rule.
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D.
Battle of Chalgrove Field
The Battle of Chalgrove Field was a minor but historically significant skirmish of the English Civil War in 1643, noted especially for the mortal wounding of Parliamentarian leader John Hampden.
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E.
Battle of the River Idle
The Battle of the River Idle was a 7th-century conflict in early Anglo-Saxon England in which the Northumbrian exile Edwin, aided by East Anglian forces, defeated and killed King Æthelfrith of Northumbria, paving the way for Edwin’s accession to the Northumbrian throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
medieval battle ⓘ |
| associatedNobleFaction |
Appellant lords
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Appellant
|
| associatedPlace |
River Thames
ⓘ
linked to:
Thames
|
| associatedWith |
Lords Appellant
ⓘ
Richard II of England ⓘ
linked to:
King Richard II of England
|
| belligerent |
Lords Appellant
ⓘ
royalist forces of Richard II ⓘ |
| cause |
attempt by royal forces to break the power of the Lords Appellant
ⓘ
conflict between Richard II and the Lords Appellant over royal favourites and governance ⓘ |
| combatant |
forces loyal to the Lords Appellant
ⓘ
royal troops loyal to Richard II ⓘ |
| commander |
Henry Bolingbroke
ⓘ
linked to:
King Henry IV of England
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Robert de Vere
Thomas Mowbray ⓘ Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
|
| conflictType | civil conflict ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| date | 1387-12-19 ⓘ |
| effect |
strengthening of the Lords Appellant’s control over the government
ⓘ
weakening of Richard II’s immediate political position ⓘ |
| followedBy | Merciless Parliament ⓘ |
| geographicalRegion |
Oxfordshire
ⓘ
South East England ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped enable the Merciless Parliament of 1388
ⓘ
key moment in the struggle between Richard II and his nobles ⓘ |
| location |
Radcot Bridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Radcot
near Radcot, Oxfordshire, England ⓘ |
| militaryContext | English noble retinues and royal household troops ⓘ |
| monarchInvolved |
Richard II of England
ⓘ
linked to:
King Richard II of England
|
| notableEvent | flight of Robert de Vere from the battlefield ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert de Vere
|
| partOf |
power struggle between Richard II and the Lords Appellant
ⓘ
reign of Richard II of England ⓘ |
| period |
Late Middle Ages
ⓘ
late 14th century ⓘ |
| precededBy | political crisis of 1386–1387 in England ⓘ |
| relatedTo | deposition of Richard II in 1399 (long-term consequence) ⓘ |
| result | Lords Appellant victory ⓘ |
| royalFavouriteInvolved |
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert de Vere
|
| tacticalFeature | fighting around a bridge crossing of the River Thames ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | royalist forces routed ⓘ |
| year | 1387 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Radcot Bridge Description of subject: The Battle of Radcot Bridge was a 1387 clash during the reign of Richard II in which forces loyal to the Lords Appellant defeated royal troops, marking a key moment in the power struggle between the king and his nobles in late medieval England.
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