{"slug": "cynegils-of-wessex", "label": "Cynegils of Wessex", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils_of_Wessex", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [597, 676], "span_label": ["597 CE", "676 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxon-chronicle", "label": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dumnonia", "label": "Dumnonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "exeter", "label": "Exeter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "devon", "label": "Devon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edwin-of-northumbria", "label": "Edwin of Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paganism", "label": "Paganism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "penda-of-mercia", "label": "Penda of Mercia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ceolwulf succeeds his brother Ceol as king of Wessex. He becomes regent of Ceol's son Cynegils who is too young to inherit the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Britain", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 611, "year_label": "611 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cynegils becomes king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, after the death of his uncle Ceolwulf (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). He rules from 611 to 643 and shares power to some extent with his eldest son, Cwichelm, who may have been given Upper Wessex (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802764#Britain", "title": "611", "revid": 1340802764, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 614, "year_label": "614 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Bampton: King Cynegils of Wessex defeats the invading Britons in Dumnonia (modern Devon). They use the Roman road eastward from Exeter to Dorchester, and are intercepted by the West Saxons marching south.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752346#Britain", "title": "614", "revid": 1364752346, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 626, "year_label": "626 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Edwin of Northumbria defeats the West Saxons under Cynegils, who has tried to thwart the growing strength of Edwin by having him assassinated. Edwin obliges Cynegils to acknowledge Northumbria's supremacy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352126742#Britain", "title": "626", "revid": 1352126742, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 635, "year_label": "635 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Birinus, Frankish missionary, converts King Cynegils of Wessex and becomes the first Bishop of Dorchester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906250#Religion", "title": "635", "revid": 1364906250, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 636, "year_label": "636 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, converts Cwichelm (son of king Cynegils of Wessex) to Christianity. He dies soon afterward, and is supposedly buried at Scutchamer Knob, in East Hendred (South East England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068315#Religion", "title": "636", "revid": 1267068315, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 643, "year_label": "643 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cynegils, king of Wessex (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804491#Deaths", "title": "643", "revid": 1340804491, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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": 676, "year_label": "676 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Æscwine of Wessex dies after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by Centwine, son of the late king Cynegils. He reasserts the power of his Anglo-Saxon kingdom over the Welsh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938815#Britain", "title": "676", "revid": 1365938815, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}