Siege of Wexford

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The Siege of Wexford was a key 1169 military engagement in which Anglo-Norman forces captured the Irish port town of Wexford, helping to establish Norman footholds in Ireland.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Wexford canonical 4
siege of Wexford 1
siege of Wexford (1169) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attacker Anglo-Norman forces ⓘ
belligerent Anglo-Norman forces ⓘ
Irish defenders ⓘ
capturedSettlement Wexford ⓘ
category 1169 in Ireland ⓘ
Battles involving Ireland ⓘ
Battles involving the Normans ⓘ
combatant forces of Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough) ⓘ
commander Domnall mac Gilla Pátraic (local ruler of Uí Cheinnselaig, allied with Normans) ⓘ
Maurice FitzGerald ⓘ
Robert FitzStephen ⓘ
conflict Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Leinster ⓘ
date 1169 ⓘ
defender town of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Wexford
era 12th century ⓘ
followedBy Norman advance into eastern Leinster ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Latin ⓘ
Middle Irish ⓘ
location County Wexford ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Leinster ⓘ
Wexford ⓘ
objective capture of the port town of Wexford ⓘ
partOf Norman conquest of Leinster ⓘ
precededBy landing of Robert FitzStephen in Ireland in 1169 ⓘ
relatedEvent Norman landing at Bannow Bay ⓘ
Siege of Dublin (1171) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Dublin

Siege of Waterford (1170) ⓘ
result Anglo-Norman victory ⓘ
significance established an early Norman foothold in Ireland ⓘ
secured a strategic port for further Norman operations in Ireland ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a sheltered harbour on Ireland’s southeast coast ⓘ
supportedBy Diarmait Mac Murchada ⓘ
typeOfWarfare medieval siege warfare ⓘ
usedFor consolidation of Norman power in southeast Ireland ⓘ
year 1169 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Norman invasion of Ireland → hasPart → Siege of Wexford ⓘ
Wexford → hasHistoricalEvent → Siege of Wexford ⓘ
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke → notableEvent → siege of Wexford (1169) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Wexford
capture of Wexford → hasPart → siege of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Wexford
Raymond FitzGerald → militaryConflict → Siege of Wexford ⓘ