Battle of Roncevaux Pass

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The Battle of Roncevaux Pass was an ambush in 778 in the Pyrenees where Basque forces destroyed Charlemagne’s rearguard, later immortalized in the medieval epic "The Song of Roland."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Roncesvalles

Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Roncevalles Pass
associatedWith Charlemagne ⓘ
Roland ⓘ
The Song of Roland ⓘ
surface form: Song of Roland
belligerent Basques ⓘ
Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire
cause Frankish destruction of Pamplona's walls ⓘ
retreat of Charlemagne from Iberia ⓘ
combatant Basque guerrilla fighters ⓘ
Frankish rearguard ⓘ
commanderOfFrankishForces Charlemagne ⓘ
commemoratedBy medieval chansons de geste ⓘ
conflictIn Carolingian expansion into Spain ⓘ
consequence end of Charlemagne's 778 Spanish expedition ⓘ
strengthening of Basque autonomy ⓘ
date 778 ⓘ
genreOfAssociatedWork chanson de geste ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalSources Frankish annals ⓘ
surface form: Royal Frankish Annals
inspiredWork The Song of Roland ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Latin ⓘ
legacy foundation of the Roland legend ⓘ
important episode in Carolingian military history ⓘ
locatedIn Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Pamplona

present-day Spain ⓘ
location Pyrenees ⓘ
Somport Pass ⓘ
surface form: Roncevaux Pass
notableDeath Anselm ⓘ
Eggihard ⓘ
Roland ⓘ
opponent Basque forces ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
outcome destruction of Charlemagne's rearguard ⓘ
partOf Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Charlemagne's campaign in the Iberian Peninsula
relatedDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Zaragoza (778) ⓘ
relatedPlace Pamplona ⓘ
result Basque victory ⓘ
tacticsUsed ambush ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
terrain mountain pass ⓘ
typeOfEngagement rear-guard action ⓘ
year 778 ⓘ

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Charlemagne → militaryConflict → Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
Battle of Roncevaux Pass → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Roncesvalles
Battle of Roncevaux Pass → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Roncevalles Pass
Roncesvalles → historicalEvent → Battle of Roncevaux Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Roncevaux Pass (778)