Ellendun

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Ellendun was an early medieval English settlement best known as the site of a pivotal 9th-century battle that helped shift the balance of power among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

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Ellendun canonical 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle site ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
associatedKingdom Mercia ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
associatedWithEvent Battle of Ellendun ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Beornwulf of Mercia ⓘ
Egbert of Wessex ⓘ
battleBelligerent Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
battleDateApproximate 825 ⓘ
battleOutcome Wessex victory ⓘ
consequence decline of Mercian dominance in southern England ⓘ
expansion of West Saxon influence ⓘ
country Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
era 9th century ⓘ
historicalCategory Anglo-Saxon battle site ⓘ
former populated place in Wiltshire ⓘ
impact contributed to rise of Wessex ⓘ
shifted balance of power between Wessex and Mercia ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Ellendun ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
locatedIn Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
locatedInPresentDay England ⓘ
locatedNear Swindon ⓘ
Wroughton ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
politicalContext Anglo-Saxon heptarchy ⓘ
linked to: Heptarchy
presentDayParish Wroughton ⓘ
recordedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
regionType rural settlement ⓘ
significance pivotal battle site in 9th-century Anglo-Saxon politics ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
toponymLanguage Old English ⓘ

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Battle of Ellendun → place → Ellendun ⓘ