Robert of Normandy captured at Tenerchebrai
The Chronicle's English translation reports that Robert, earl of Normandy, was captured in the encounter at Tenerchebrai on Michaelmas eve in 1106.
What this does and does not establish
Ingram English translation with Giles additions, Gutenberg #657. The locality and date are supplied by the immediately preceding battle narrative. Subsequent removal to England is distinct from the place of capture. No interleaved alternative account appears.
- Quoted from a published English translation, not from the original-language text.
- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- A.D. 1106, Michaelmas eve, September 28
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read asc-gutenberg-657.txt, lines 8290–8499, including neighboring annals 1105 and 1107. Lines 8452–8458 locate the encounter at Tenerchebrai and date Robert's attack to Michaelmas eve, September 28, within the 1106 annal. This maps directly to September 28, Julian AD 1106. Original quotation begins at line 8457, character 458467.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English translation by J. Ingram, with J. A. Giles)
Anonymous Anglo-Saxon chroniclers; translated by James Ingram (1823) and J. A. Giles (1847)
Published English translation, as quoted
There was the
Earl of Normandy takenPlain reading of the quoted text, prepared by AI; the quoted wording governs
There the earl of Normandy was captured.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, tr. J. Ingram and J. A. Giles, Project Gutenberg eBook #657. Wording is a 19th-century translation; the Chronicle's year headings follow its own reckoning.
Exact source version
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Source checked 2026-11-06. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth. How records are checked
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