East Anglian Danes

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The East Anglian Danes were Viking settlers and rulers in the region of East Anglia in early medieval England, known for establishing a significant Danish presence and political power there during the 9th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
East Anglian Danes canonical 1
Vikings of East Anglia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Danish people ⓘ
Viking settlers ⓘ
historical population ⓘ
medieval ethnic group ⓘ
activity farming ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
trading ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country England ⓘ
culture Anglo-Scandinavian culture ⓘ
Norse culture ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Danes ⓘ
Scandinavians ⓘ
governedUnder Danelaw customs ⓘ
historicalContext Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
integration intermarriage with Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
knownFor Viking settlement of East Anglia ⓘ
establishing Danish political power in East Anglia ⓘ
forming part of the Danelaw population ⓘ
raids and warfare in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legacy Danish legal and social customs in the Danelaw ⓘ
place-names of Scandinavian origin in East Anglia ⓘ
militaryActivity fortification building ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
opposedBy Alfred the Great ⓘ
Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
partOf Danelaw ⓘ
Viking settlers in England ⓘ
politicalRole rulers of parts of East Anglia ⓘ
subjects of Danish kings in the Danelaw ⓘ
region East Anglia ⓘ
relatedTo Danish Vikings in Mercia ⓘ
Danish Vikings in Northumbria ⓘ
Great Heathen Army ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
settledIn East Anglia ⓘ
Kingdom of East Anglia ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
typeOfSettlement market towns ⓘ
rural settlements ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Treaty of Wedmore → hasParty → East Anglian Danes ⓘ
Æthelwold → alliedWith → Vikings of East Anglia ⓘ
linked to: East Anglian Danes