Great Danish Army

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The Great Danish Army, more commonly known as the Great Heathen Army, was a large coalition of Viking warriors that invaded and campaigned across Anglo-Saxon England in the late 9th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Danish forces 1
Great Danish Army canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Viking army ⓘ
historical military force ⓘ
military coalition ⓘ
activeInCentury 9th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 9th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Danish Host ⓘ
Great Heathen Army ⓘ
micel here ⓘ
mycel hæþen here ⓘ
captured East Anglia ⓘ
York ⓘ
composedOf Danish Vikings ⓘ
linked to: Viking

Norse Vikings ⓘ
linked to: Viking

Viking warriors ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Saxon–Viking conflicts ⓘ
Viking invasions of England ⓘ
documentedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
foughtAgainst Alfred the Great ⓘ
Edmund the Martyr ⓘ
Kingdom of East Anglia ⓘ
Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
Osberht of Northumbria ⓘ
Ælla of Northumbria ⓘ
invaded Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
leader Anund ⓘ
Bagsecg ⓘ
Guthrum ⓘ
Halfdan Ragnarsson ⓘ
Ivar the Boneless ⓘ
Jarl Osbern ⓘ
Oscetel ⓘ
Ubba ⓘ
notableCampaign campaign in East Anglia ⓘ
campaign in Mercia ⓘ
campaign in Northumbria ⓘ
campaign in Wessex ⓘ
operatedIn Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
origin Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
primaryObjective conquest of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ⓘ
plunder ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
regionOfOperations England ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
resultedIn establishment of the Danelaw ⓘ
typeOfWarfare occupation ⓘ
raiding ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Great Heathen Army → alsoKnownAs → Great Danish Army ⓘ
Battle of Assandun → belligerent → Danish forces ⓘ
linked to: Great Danish Army