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Cædwalla

Cædwalla (/ˈkædˌwɔːlə/; c. 659 – 20 April 689) was the King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the Welsh Cadwallon. He was exiled from Wessex as a youth and during this period gathered forces and attacked the South Saxons, killing their king, Æthelwealh, in what is now Sussex. Cædwalla was unable to hold…

West Saxon territory in the 680s, First campaign in Sussex & Abdication, baptism and death

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West Saxon territory in the 680s

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Born
c. 659
Died
20 April 689 (aged 29–30) Rome, Byzantine Empire
Father
Coenberht
House
Wessex
Predecessor
Centwine
Reign
685–688

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West Saxon territory in the 680s

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related to Abdication, baptism and death · 36
Cædwalla → Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Apostles, April, Bede, Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Calais, Cunincpert, Cædwalla's, East Saxon, Easter, England, Francia, He, In, In Rome, Ine, Ine's, Isle, Italy, Kent
related to Sources · 29
Cædwalla → Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Another, Associated, Bede, Bede's, Bishop Daniel, Charters, Christianisation, Chronicle, Ecclesiastical History, Eddius Stephanus, England, English People, Great, King Alfred, Life, List, Northumbrian, Ripon, St Wilfrid
related to First campaign in Sussex · 28
Cædwalla → According, Andhun, Andred, Ashdown, Bede, Berthun, Chiltern, Chronicle, Cædwalla's, Despite, Hampshire, He, If, It, Life, Meon, Mercian, Northumbria, Oswald, South Saxons
related to Ancestry · 24
Cædwalla → According, Battle, Bede, Brythonic, Cadwallon, Ceawlin, Celtic, Cerdic, Chronicle, Coenberht, Cædwalla's, England, Gewis, Gewisse, Gewissæ, However, Katu-welnā-mnos, Leads, Proto-Celtic, Saxon
related to Accession and reign · 23
Cædwalla → According, Bede, Bede's, Bishop Daniel, Cenred, Centwine, Cenwalh, Cædwalla's, Further, In, Ine's, It, King Bealdred, Regnal List, Somerset, The West Saxon Genealogical, There, This, Wessex, West Saxon
related to Christianity · 22
Cædwalla → Archbishop, Arwald, Bede, Canterbury, Christian, Cædwalla's, East Saxons, Eorcenwald, He, However, Isle, King, Life, South Saxons, Sussex, Theodore, Two, Wessex, When Cædwalla, Wight
related to External links · 2
Cædwalla → Anglo-Saxon England, Prosopography
Born · 1
Cædwalla → c. 659
Died · 1
Cædwalla → 20 April 689 (aged 29–30) Rome, Byzantine Empire
Father · 1
Cædwalla → Coenberht

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king west saxon bede wessex cædwalla's saxons also may south 688 reign kent 685 sussex wilfrid chronicle time isle wight

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CædwallaFatherCoenberht1.00infobox
CædwallaHouseWessex1.00infobox
CædwallaPredecessorCentwine1.00infobox
CædwallaReign685–6881.00infobox
CædwallaSpouseCynethryth1.00infobox
CædwallaSuccessorIne1.00infobox
Cædwallarelated to Abdication, baptism and deathIn0.60section
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Cædwallarelated to Abdication, baptism and deathWight0.60section

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