Siege of Harfleu
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The Siege of Harfleur was a 1415 military campaign during the Hundred Years' War in which King Henry V of England captured the French port town of Harfleur before advancing to the Battle of Agincourt.
All labels observed (1)
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| Siege of Harfleu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11010228 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Siege of Harfleu Context triple: [Siege of Harfleur, alsoKnownAs, Siege of Harfleu]
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Siege of Prome
The Siege of Prome was a key 1825 military engagement in the First Anglo-Burmese War, where British forces successfully defended the strategic town of Prome against Burmese attempts to retake it.
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B.
Siege of Grandson
The Siege of Grandson was a 1476 Burgundian military operation against the Swiss-held town of Grandson during the Burgundian Wars, culminating in its capture shortly before the decisive Battle of Grandson.
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Siege of Amisus
The Siege of Amisus was a key Roman assault on the Pontic city of Amisus during the Third Mithridatic War, exemplifying Rome’s campaign to break King Mithridates VI’s power in Asia Minor.
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Battle of Maserfelth
The Battle of Maserfelth was a 7th-century conflict in which the Northumbrian king Oswald was defeated and killed by the Mercian king Penda, marking a major shift in power among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early medieval England.
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Siege of Arqa
The Siege of Arqa was a protracted 1099 military blockade during the First Crusade in which Crusader forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the fortified town of Arqa in present-day Lebanon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Harfleu Target entity description: The Siege of Harfleur was a 1415 military campaign during the Hundred Years' War in which King Henry V of England captured the French port town of Harfleur before advancing to the Battle of Agincourt.
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A.
Siege of Prome
The Siege of Prome was a key 1825 military engagement in the First Anglo-Burmese War, where British forces successfully defended the strategic town of Prome against Burmese attempts to retake it.
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B.
Siege of Grandson
The Siege of Grandson was a 1476 Burgundian military operation against the Swiss-held town of Grandson during the Burgundian Wars, culminating in its capture shortly before the decisive Battle of Grandson.
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C.
Siege of Amisus
The Siege of Amisus was a key Roman assault on the Pontic city of Amisus during the Third Mithridatic War, exemplifying Rome’s campaign to break King Mithridates VI’s power in Asia Minor.
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D.
Battle of Maserfelth
The Battle of Maserfelth was a 7th-century conflict in which the Northumbrian king Oswald was defeated and killed by the Mercian king Penda, marking a major shift in power among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early medieval England.
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E.
Siege of Arqa
The Siege of Arqa was a protracted 1099 military blockade during the First Crusade in which Crusader forces unsuccessfully attempted to capture the fortified town of Arqa in present-day Lebanon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military campaign
ⓘ
siege ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Hundred Years' War ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Agincourt ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Siege of Harfleu ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Harfleu ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| hasBesiegingForce |
English expeditionary army of Henry V
ⓘ
linked to:
French campaign of Henry V
|
| hasCasualties |
heavy English casualties from disease
ⓘ
heavy French casualties ⓘ |
| hasCause | Henry V's claim to the French throne ⓘ |
| hasCivilianImpact | suffering and displacement of Harfleur's inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Henry V of England
ⓘ
Jean d'Estouteville ⓘ Raoul de Gaucourt ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
English occupation of Harfleur
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establishment of an English garrison in Harfleur ⓘ |
| hasDefensiveFeature |
medieval town walls
ⓘ
moat ⓘ |
| hasEffectOnCampaign | reduced English army strength before Agincourt ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1415-09-22 ⓘ |
| hasGarrison | French royal garrison ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
France
ⓘ
Harfleur ⓘ Normandy ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryTechnology |
early gunpowder artillery
ⓘ
siege engines ⓘ |
| hasNotableDisease | dysentery among English troops ⓘ |
| hasNotableParticipant |
Edward, Duke of York
ⓘ
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
Thomas, Duke of Clarence ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
|
| hasObjective | capture of a major French Channel port ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | capture of Harfleur by the English ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | renewal of English claims in France under Henry V ⓘ |
| hasPrecedingEvent | Henry V's fleet crossing from England to Normandy ⓘ |
| hasResult | English victory ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1415-08-18 ⓘ |
| hasSurrenderDate | 1415-09-22 ⓘ |
| hasSurrenderTerms | town to surrender if not relieved by a set date ⓘ |
| hasTactic |
mining and assaults on the walls
ⓘ
siege artillery bombardment ⓘ |
| hasTheatre | Western Front of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1415 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Henry V's 1415 campaign in France
ⓘ
linked to:
French campaign of Henry V
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| precededBy | English invasion of Normandy (1415) ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOnBodyOfWater | English Channel ⓘ |
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Subject: Siege of Harfleu Description of subject: The Siege of Harfleur was a 1415 military campaign during the Hundred Years' War in which King Henry V of England captured the French port town of Harfleur before advancing to the Battle of Agincourt.
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