Battle of Reading (871)

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The Battle of Reading (871) was an early Viking victory over the Anglo-Saxons during the campaigns of the Great Heathen Army in Wessex.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Reading (871) canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
belligerent Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Danes ⓘ
Great Heathen Army ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
Vikings ⓘ
combatantSide Viking army ⓘ
West Saxon army ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon fyrd
commander Alfred the Great ⓘ
Æthelred of Wessex ⓘ
conflict Great Heathen Army campaign in Wessex ⓘ
Viking invasions of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
date 871 ⓘ
describedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
era Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England

Viking Age ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Ashdown ⓘ
hasContext struggle between Wessex and the Great Heathen Army in 871 ⓘ
location Berkshire ⓘ
Reading ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
notableFor defeat of Anglo-Saxon counterattack on Viking base at Reading ⓘ
early Viking victory over Wessex ⓘ
opposingCommander Bagsecg ⓘ
Halfdan Ragnarsson ⓘ
partOf Great Heathen Army ⓘ
Viking campaign in Wessex ⓘ
precededBy Viking occupation of Reading (871) ⓘ
result Viking victory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Great Heathen Army → notableBattle → Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ
Battle of Ashdown → predecessorConflict → Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ
Æthelred I of Wessex → battle → Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ
Alfredian–Viking wars → significantBattle → Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ
Battle of Ashdown (871) → predecessorEvent → Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ
Battle of Wilton (871) → follows → Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ