Tordenskjold

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Tordenskjold was a famed early 18th-century Norwegian-Danish naval hero and officer known for his daring exploits against Sweden during the Great Northern War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tordenskjold canonical 9
Chevalier danois 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
war hero ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway
birthCountry Norway ⓘ
birthDate 1690-10-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Trondheim ⓘ
burialPlace Holmen Church, Copenhagen ⓘ
causeOfDeath death in duel ⓘ
commemoratedBy naval vessels named Tordenskjold ⓘ
statues in Denmark ⓘ
statues in Norway ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Denmark–Norway ⓘ
cultureHeroOf Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
deathCountry Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1720-11-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Hildesheim ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norwegian ⓘ
familyName Wessel ⓘ
fieldOfWork naval warfare ⓘ
fullName Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskjold ⓘ
givenName Peder ⓘ
Peter ⓘ
hasHeritage Norwegian-Danish ⓘ
honorificNickname Tordenskjold ⓘ
languageSpoken Danish ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy ⓘ
linked to: Danish Navy
militaryRank vice admiral (posthumous reputation, historically captain/flag rank) ⓘ
monarchServed Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway ⓘ
nicknameMeaning Thunder Shield ⓘ
nobleTitle baron ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Dynekilen ⓘ
Battle of Kolberg (naval actions) ⓘ
notableFor daring naval exploits ⓘ
naval battles against Sweden ⓘ
raids on Swedish supply lines ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participantIn Great Northern War ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armide → character → Chevalier danois ⓘ
linked to: Tordenskjold
Siege of 1716 → commander → Tordenskjold ⓘ
Tordenskjold → honorificNickname → Tordenskjold ⓘ
Thunder Shield → meaningOf → Tordenskjold ⓘ
Thunder Shield → translationOf → Tordenskjold ⓘ