Battle of the Pelennor Fields

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event in Middle-earth fictional battle

The Battle of the Pelennor Fields is a climactic fictional conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marking the decisive struggle for the city of Minas Tirith during the War of the Ring.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Pelennor Fields canonical	16
Siege of Minas Tirith	4
assault on Minas Tirith	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in Middle-earth ⓘ fictional battle ⓘ
adaptedIn	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 film)
appearsIn	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ surface form: The Return of the King
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInWarOfTheRing	after Battle of the Hornburg ⓘ before Battle of the Morannon ⓘ
commander	Aragorn ⓘ Denethor II ⓘ Gandalf ⓘ Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul) ⓘ Théoden ⓘ Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ Éomer ⓘ
conflictIn	The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
defensiveObjective	defend Minas Tirith ⓘ
depictedIn	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (1980 radio adaptation) ⓘ
featuresEvent	arrival of Aragorn by the Anduin ⓘ charge of the mûmakil ⓘ Riders of Rohan ⓘ surface form: ride of the Rohirrim
involvesFaction	Gondor ⓘ surface form: Army of Gondor Haradrim ⓘ surface form: Army of Mordor Haradrim ⓘ Mûmakil ⓘ Oathbreakers of the Paths of the Dead ⓘ Riders of Rohan ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork	English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse	Middle-earth ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Gondor ⓘ
notableParticipant	Faramir ⓘ Gimli ⓘ Imrahil ⓘ Legolas ⓘ Merry Brandybuck ⓘ surface form: Meriadoc Brandybuck The Grey Company ⓘ Éowyn ⓘ
opposingSide	Gondor ⓘ Harad ⓘ Mordor ⓘ Rhûn ⓘ Rohan ⓘ
outcome	death of King Théoden ⓘ death of the Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ siege of Minas Tirith lifted ⓘ wounding of Meriadoc Brandybuck ⓘ wounding of Éowyn ⓘ
partOf	War of the Ring ⓘ
purposeOfEnemy	capture Minas Tirith ⓘ
result	decisive victory for Gondor and Rohan ⓘ
strategicSignificance	turning point in the War of the Ring ⓘ
takesPlaceIn	Minas Tirith ⓘ Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → featuresEvent → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Gimli → appearsInEvent → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Minas Tirith → siteOf → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Minas Tirith

Éowyn → notableEvent → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Merry Brandybuck → battleParticipatedIn → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Pippin Took → participatesIn → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Éomer → participatedIn → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Andúril → usedInBattle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Narsil (reforged as Andúril) → usedInBattle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

subject surface form: Andúril

Théoden → notableBattle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Battle at the Black Gate → chronologicallyAfter → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Minas Tirith

King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy → battle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

subject surface form: King Théoden (film character)

War of the Ring → notableBattle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Gondor → notableBattle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Minas Tirith

Rohan → notableBattle → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Harad → sendsForcesTo → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

Minas Morgul → associatedWithFictionalEvent → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Minas Tirith

Nazgûl → notableEvent → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: assault on Minas Tirith

Third Age → majorEvent → Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ