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Men of King Henry II. capture Ernst, supporter and relative of Henry of Schweinfurt, who is first ordered to be executed but then released for ransom.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Henry II. (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Ernst I., Duke of Swabia Origin: Baiovarii/Bavarian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: upper class, Direct Consequence: capture
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: retreat
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Henry II., Holy Roman Emperor Origin: Baiovarii/Bavarian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
  • Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: interference
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Origin: Baiovarii/Bavarian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: peasant, Reaction: help
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon sive Gesta Saxonum 5,34 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Crusni Castellum (Castle Creußen)
    Time Periode :Ottonian Period
    Century :A.D. 11
    Year :A.D. 1003
    Month :August
    Season :Summer
    Speed :Fast
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    ambush
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    political
    Long-Term Consequence :financial reward
    release of prisoners
     
    Original Text :Quem ibi castra metantem rustici unius in continens lingua custodibus prodidit. Hii autem medii fervore die illo latentibus tendentes insidiis, ut primum castra visis agnovere tentoiis, alta voce per kirieleison sotios convocantes, hostes relictis ibidem omnibus suis, capto solum Ernasto, effugarunt. Reversi tunc idem ex magna parte tristes effitiunt consodales admodum laetantes; presentatoque regi captivo capitalis sententia a iudicibus decernitur, quae Magontinae archipresulis Willigisi intercessione supplici et, quae regi placuit, redemptione amovetur.
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :Thietmari Merseburgensis Episcopi Chronicon, In: W. Trillmich; S. Patzold, Thietmar von Merseburg: Chronik (FSGA 9), 9th Ed. Darmstadt 2017.
     
     
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    Created at :2023-02-11 : 09:51:42
    Last changed :2023-02-27 : 09:37:25
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00013385
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