Margrave Bernhard and Count Thietmar lay siege to the castle Lenzen for five days on orders of King Henry the Fowler.

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Related Conflict :	Battle at Lenzen
Perpetrator (Person) :	Margrave Bernhard Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general Count Thietmar Origin: Unknown Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Henry I. the Fowler Origin: Eastfrankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Redarian Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Third Party (Person) :	Henry I. the Fowler, King of East Francia Origin: Eastfrankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 1,36Widukind of Corvey Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 1,36 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Lenzen (Lenzen)
Time Periode :	Ottonian Period
Century :	A.D. 10
Year :	A.D. 929
Month :	August September
Day :	30 31 1 2 3
Season :	Summer
Duration :	Days
Context :	siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	battle
Original Text :	Ad quarum ferocitatem reprimendam traditur exercitus cum presidio militari Bernhardo, cui ipsa Redariorum provincia erat sublegata, additurque legato collega Thiatmarus, et iubentur urbem obsidere quae dicitur Lunkini.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Widukindus monachus Corbeiensis - Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), Darmstadt, 16-183.
Remark :	long-term consequence: The siege is disrupted by news of a Redarian army, resulting in the battle at Lenzen.
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