Kingdom of the Hwicce

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The Kingdom of the Hwicce was a small early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom located in what is now the West Midlands of England.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of the Hwicce canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon kingdom
early medieval polity
borderedBy Kingdom of Magonsæte
Kingdom of Mercia
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Wessex
capital Worcester
country England
currency sceat
dissolvedBy integration into Mercia
endTime 8th century
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Hwicce
followedBy Kingdom of Mercia
linked to: Mercia
governmentType monarchy
hasDiocese Diocese of Worcester
hasImportantSite Bath
Deerhurst
Gloucester
Worcester Cathedral
hasLegalSystem Anglo-Saxon law
hasRuler Oshere of the Hwicce
linked to: King of the Hwicce

Osric of the Hwicce
Æthelberht of the Hwicce
Æthelheard of the Hwicce
Æthelric of the Hwicce
Æthelweard of the Hwicce
hasSource Anglo-Saxon charters
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
hasTitle King of the Hwicce
historicalEra Early Middle Ages
language Old English
locatedIn England
West Midlands
locatedOn River Severn basin
linked to: Severn catchment
namedAfter Hwicce people
linked to: Hwicce
partOf Anglo-Saxon England
Heptarchy (broad sense)
linked to: Heptarchy

Kingdom of Mercia
linked to: Mercia
presentIn Gloucestershire
Herefordshire
Oxfordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands region
linked to: West Midlands

Worcestershire
region Severn valley
linked to: Severn Vale
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism
Christianity
startTime 7th century
subordinateTo Kingdom of Mercia
linked to: Mercia

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosel countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of the Hwicce
Wulfhere of Mercia vassalageOver Kingdom of the Hwicce