Lyndanisse

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Lyndanisse is the historical name for the area of present-day Tallinn, Estonia, known as the site of a pivotal 13th-century battle between Danish forces and local Estonian tribes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lyndanisse canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
associatedWith Danish Crusades in the Baltic ⓘ
King Valdemar II of Denmark ⓘ
Northern Crusades ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Lyndanisse (1219) ⓘ
associatedWithSymbol Dannebrog ⓘ
linked to: Danish flag
battleDate 1219 ⓘ
combatant Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark

local Estonian tribes ⓘ
country Estonia ⓘ
hasLanguageOrigin historical Danish and Low German usage ⓘ
hasLegend origin of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) ⓘ
historicalContext Christianization of Estonia ⓘ
expansion of Danish influence in the Baltic region ⓘ
historicalNameOf Tallinn ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Lyndanisse ⓘ
Danish conquest of northern Estonia ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Estonia ⓘ
linked to: northern Estonia

present-day Tallinn ⓘ
linked to: Tallinn
locatedOn southern coast of the Gulf of Finland ⓘ
partOf Danish Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Estonia
presentDayCity Tallinn ⓘ
presentDayCountry Republic of Estonia ⓘ
linked to: Estonia
region Harju County (modern administrative region containing Tallinn) ⓘ
linked to: Harju maakond
relatedTo Danish Estonia (medieval dominion) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Estonia

Toompea (historic hill and stronghold in Tallinn) ⓘ
linked to: Toompea
resultOfBattle Danish victory ⓘ
establishment of Danish rule over northern Estonia ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Baltic Sea trade routes ⓘ
fortified coastal position ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Battle of Lyndanisse → location → Lyndanisse ⓘ
Battle of Tallinn → location → Lyndanisse ⓘ