{"slug": "dumnonia", "label": "Dumnonia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumnonia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313136", "qid": "Q313136", "description": "kingdom in southwestern Britain", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [508, 825], "span_label": ["508 CE", "825 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "devon", "label": "Devon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cornwall", "label": "Cornwall", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "exeter", "label": "Exeter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cynegils-of-wessex", "label": "Cynegils of Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "somerset", "label": "Somerset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwynedd", "label": "Kingdom of Gwynedd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 508, "year_label": "508 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Geraint, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907761#Deaths", "title": "508", "revid": 1364907761, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 530, "year_label": "530 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cador, king of Dumnonia (England)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364758665#Deaths", "title": "530", "revid": 1364758665, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 540, "year_label": "540 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Custennin ap Cado is deposed, and returns to Dumnonia in the south-west of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367291057#Europe", "title": "540", "revid": 1367291057, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 560, "year_label": "560 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Custennin ap Cado abdicates as king of Dumnonia (South West England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354969984#Britain", "title": "560", "revid": 1354969984, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 580, "year_label": "580 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Clemen ap Bledric, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747518#Births", "title": "580", "revid": 1364747518, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 586, "year_label": "586 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Custennin of Dumnonia is converted to Christianity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748798#Religion", "title": "586", "revid": 1364748798, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 613, "year_label": "613 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Chester: King Æthelfrith of Northumbria invades Gwynedd (northwest Wales), in order to route out his old enemy, Edwin of Deira. A united Brythonic force (Gwynedd, Powys, Pengwern and Dumnonian warriors) is defeated near Chester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755983#Britain", "title": "613", "revid": 1364755983, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 613, "year_label": "613 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Bledric ap Custennin, king of Dumnonia (England)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755983#Deaths", "title": "613", "revid": 1364755983, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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": 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": 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": 682, "year_label": "682 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The West Saxons, led by King Centwine, drive the Britons of Dumnonia (West Country) to the sea (possibly around Bideford).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973674#Europe", "title": "682", "revid": 1347973674, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Geraint, king of Dumnonia (England)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Deaths", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 722, "year_label": "722 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ine of Wessex attempts a takeover of Dumnonia, but his armies are crushed, and he is forced to withdraw. Queen Æthelburg, wife of Ine, destroys the royal castle of Taunton, to prevent its seizure by rebels under Ealdbert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808641#Britain", "title": "722", "revid": 1340808641, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Egbert of Wessex ravages the territories of the remaining British kingdom Dumnonia, known as the West Welsh (Cornwall).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Britain", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Gafulford: The men of Cornish Dumnonia clash with the West Saxons at modern-day Camelford (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Britain", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}