{"slug": "cerdic-of-wessex", "label": "Cerdic of Wessex", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_of_Wessex", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366048", "qid": "Q366048", "description": "1st King of Wessex from 519 to 534", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [467, 527], "span_label": ["467 CE", "527 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "cynric-of-wessex", "label": "Cynric of Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dorset", "label": "Dorset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-britain", "label": "Roman Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "celts", "label": "Celts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "romano-british-culture", "label": "Romano-British culture", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-arthur", "label": "King Arthur", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxon-chronicle", "label": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 467, "year_label": "467 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cerdic, first king of Anglo-Saxon Wessex (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360138919#Births", "title": "467", "revid": 1360138919, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 495, "year_label": "495 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. Their followers establish the beginnings of the Kingdom of Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907640#Britannia", "title": "495", "revid": 1364907640, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 500, "year_label": "500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army, that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex or possibly Cerdic of Wessex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 517). This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361340160#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "AD 500", "revid": 1361340160, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 508, "year_label": "508 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Netley: King Cerdic of Wessex moves with an Anglo-Saxon army inland, and defeats the British king, Nudd-Lludd (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907761#Britannia", "title": "508", "revid": 1364907761, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 519, "year_label": "519 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Cerdic becomes the first king of the Kingdom of Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792103#Britannia", "title": "519", "revid": 1340792103, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 527, "year_label": "527 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Cerdic of Wessex and his son Cynric defeat the Britons at Cerdicesleah (modern Chearsley).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793725#Britannia", "title": "527", "revid": 1340793725, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}]}