{"slug": "cenwalh-of-wessex", "label": "Cenwalh of Wessex", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenwalh_of_Wessex", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544106", "qid": "Q544106", "description": "7th-century English monarch", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [643, 672], "span_label": ["643 CE", "672 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "dumnonia", "label": "Dumnonia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "penda-of-mercia", "label": "Penda of Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "somerset", "label": "Somerset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-west-england", "label": "South West England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "winchester", "label": "Winchester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "devon", "label": "Devon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baptism", "label": "Baptism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 643, "year_label": "643 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Cynegils of Wessex dies after a 32-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Cenwalh (who is still pagan); he marries the sister of King Penda of Mercia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804491#Britain", "title": "643", "revid": 1340804491, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 645, "year_label": "645 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Cenwalh of Wessex is driven from his kingdom by his brother-in-law, King Penda of Mercia (according to Bede). He flees to the court of king Anna of East Anglia, and is baptised while in exile. Penda overruns Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973672#Britain", "title": "645", "revid": 1347973672, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 648, "year_label": "648 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Cenwalh of Wessex returns from a 3-year exile in East Anglia, to reclaim his kingdom. He gives 3,000 hides of land around Ashdown to his nephew Cuthred, possibly sub-king of Berkshire (England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804464#Britain", "title": "648", "revid": 1340804464, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 658, "year_label": "658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Peonnum: King Cenwalh and the Wessex Saxons make a push against Dumnonia (South West England). They are victorious at Penselwood in Somerset, and the Dumnonia-Wessex border is set at the River Parrett (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369710051#Britain", "title": "658", "revid": 1369710051, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 660, "year_label": "660 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Cenwalh of Wessex becomes dissatisfied with his local bishop, Agilbert of Dorchester, as he does not speak West-Saxon. Cenwalh splits the episcopal see of Wessex in two. Wine becomes the first bishop of Winchester, by the Saxons called Wintancestir. Agilbert resigns in protest and travels north to Northumbria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359584981#Britain", "title": "660", "revid": 1359584981, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Posbury: King Cenwalh of Wessex invades Dumnonia (south-west England). He is victorious over the native Briton tribes near Crediton in Devon, and drives them to the coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Britain", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 672, "year_label": "672 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Cenwalh of Wessex dies after a 31-year reign, in which he has lost much of his territory to Welsh and Mercian forces. He is succeeded by his widow Seaxburh. His sub-kings divide Wessex amongst themselves (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805434#Britain", "title": "672", "revid": 1340805434, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 672, "year_label": "672 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cenwalh, king of Wessex (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805434#Date_unknown", "title": "672", "revid": 1340805434, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}]}