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Dumnonia

kingdom in southwestern Britain

16 dated entries naming Dumnonia, drawn from 15 separate years between 508 CE and 825 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 508Geraint, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)source
  • 530Cador, king of Dumnonia (England)source
  • 540King Custennin ap Cado is deposed, and returns to Dumnonia in the south-west of Great Britain.source
  • 560Custennin ap Cado abdicates as king of Dumnonia (South West England).source
  • 580Clemen ap Bledric, king of Dumnonia (approximate date)source
  • 586King Custennin of Dumnonia is converted to Christianity.source

7th century

  • 613Battle 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.source
  • 613Bledric ap Custennin, king of Dumnonia (England)source
  • 614Battle 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.source
  • 658Battle 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).source
  • 661Battle 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.source
  • 682The West Saxons, led by King Centwine, drive the Britons of Dumnonia (West Country) to the sea (possibly around Bideford).source

8th century

  • 710Geraint, king of Dumnonia (England)source
  • 722King 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.source

9th century

  • 815King Egbert of Wessex ravages the territories of the remaining British kingdom Dumnonia, known as the West Welsh (Cornwall).source
  • 825Battle of Gafulford: The men of Cornish Dumnonia clash with the West Saxons at modern-day Camelford (approximate date).source

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