Thankmar's men defending the Eresburg surrender and open the gate once King Otto the Great and his army arrive.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Otto I. the Great, Holy Roman Emperor Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Otto I. the Great (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: surrender, Direct Consequence: other
Third Party (Person) :	Thankmar Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: seeking refuge/asylum
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Widukind of Corvey, Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 2,11Widukind of Corvey Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum 2,11 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Eresburg (Eresburg)
Time Periode :	Ottonian Period
Century :	A.D. 10
Year :	A.D. 938
Month :	July
Day :	28
Season :	Summer
Context :	revolt siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical political
Long-Term Consequence :	death execution
Original Text :	Rex autem, licet invitus, videns rem ad tam ingens periculum procedere, ad edomandam Thancmari insolentiam cum multo comitatu perrexit ad Heresburg. Cives autem urbis illius cognoscentes de rege, quia super se cum valida manu appropinquasset, apertis portis introduxerunt exercitum, qui obsederat urbem.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Widukindus monachus Corbeiensis - Rerum gestarum Saxonicarum, In: A. Bauer; R. Rau, Quellen zur Geschichte der sächsischen Kaiserzeit (FSGA 8), Darmstadt, 16-183.
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