Great Heathen Army

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Viking army invasion force military coalition

The Great Heathen Army was a large coalition of Viking warriors that invaded and ravaged much of Anglo-Saxon England in the late 9th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Great Heathen Army canonical 6
Viking Great Army 1
Viking Great Army winter camp 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Viking army ⓘ
invasion force ⓘ
military coalition ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 9th century ⓘ
allegedMotivation avenge the death of Ragnar Lodbrok ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Danish Army ⓘ
Great Viking Army ⓘ
micel here ⓘ
capturedCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Nottingham ⓘ
York ⓘ
countryAttacked Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
deposedRuler King Osberht of Northumbria ⓘ
King Ælla of Northumbria ⓘ
disbandedOrTransformed into smaller Viking armies in the 870s ⓘ
firstMajorAction invasion of East Anglia in 865 ⓘ
invadedFrom Frankia ⓘ
Frisia ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
killedRuler King Edmund of East Anglia ⓘ
leader Anund ⓘ
Bagsecg ⓘ
Guthrum ⓘ
Halfdan Ragnarsson ⓘ
Ivar the Boneless ⓘ
Oscetel ⓘ
Ubba ⓘ
legacy long-term Scandinavian settlement in England ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Ashdown (871) ⓘ
Battle of Edington ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Edington (878)

Battle of Nottingham (868) ⓘ
Battle of Reading (871) ⓘ
Battle of Wilton (871) ⓘ
Battle of York (866) ⓘ
opposedBy King Alfred the Great ⓘ
surface form: Alfred the Great

Burgred of Mercia ⓘ
Æthelred I of Wessex ⓘ
surface form: Æthelred of Wessex
originRegion Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
southern Sweden ⓘ
primaryTarget Kingdom of the East Angles ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of East Anglia

Mercia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Mercia

Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
resultedIn collapse of the Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
expansion of Viking control in England ⓘ
formation of the Danelaw ⓘ
partition of Mercia ⓘ
subjugation of East Anglia ⓘ
sourceMention The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Annales Laureshamenses ⓘ
surface form: Annals of St Neots
startDate 865 ⓘ
usedTactic establishing fortified camps ⓘ
overwintering in conquered territories ⓘ
taking tribute (Danegeld) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

King Alfred the Great → opponent → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred the Great
House of Wessex → significantEvent → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viking invasions of England
Battle of Edington → combatant → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
Treaty of Wedmore → hasParty → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viking Great Army
Battle of Ashdown → belligerent → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
Æthelred I of Wessex → conflict → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
Repton → hasArchaeologicalSite → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viking Great Army winter camp
Burgred of Mercia → conflict → Great Heathen Army ⓘ
Viking invasions of England → hasPart → Great Heathen Army ⓘ