Properties (55)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
King
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gptkbp:alliance |
Scots
Picts |
gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Wessex
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gptkbp:burialPlace |
gptkb:Winchester_Cathedral
|
gptkbp:contemporary |
gptkb:King_Oswiu_of_Northumbria
gptkb:King_Ecgfrith_of_Northumbria gptkb:King_Æthelred_of_Mercia |
gptkbp:culturalImpact |
Influence on later kings
|
gptkbp:descendant |
Cerdic of Wessex
|
gptkbp:died |
689
|
gptkbp:dynasty |
gptkb:House_of_Wessex
|
gptkbp:father |
Cynric
|
gptkbp:historicalEvent |
Formation of alliances with other kingdoms
Battle of the River Medway Conflict with Mercia Battle of Peonnum Campaigns against the Saxons Campaign against the West Saxons Conquest of Kent Siege of the Isle of Wight Unification of the South Saxons Conflict_with_the_Welsh Consolidation_of_power_in_southern_England Establishment_of_Wessex_as_a_dominant_kingdom Influence_on_the_future_kings_of_England Conversion_of_the_Isle_of_Wight Establishment_of_Christianity_in_Wessex Establishment_of_royal_authority_in_Wessex Expansion_of_Wessex_influence Influence_on_the_spread_of_Christianity_in_Britain Legacy_of_military_strength_in_Wessex |
gptkbp:historicalPeriod |
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History Early Medieval England |
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
Unification_of_southern_England
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
King Caedwalla
|
gptkbp:knownFor |
Expansion_of_Wessex_territory
Conquest_of_the_Isle_of_Wight Military_campaigns_against_the_Britons |
gptkbp:languageSpoken |
gptkb:Old_English
|
gptkbp:legacy |
Considered a saint by some
|
gptkbp:mother |
Cwenburh
|
gptkbp:notableBattle |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Isle_of_Wight
|
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition |
Veneration_in_Christianity
|
gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:King_Cædwalla_of_Wessex
|
gptkbp:reign |
685
688 685 AD Late 7th century |
gptkbp:religion |
gptkb:Christianity
|
gptkbp:successor |
King Ine
|
gptkbp:title |
gptkb:King_of_Wessex
Bretwalda |
gptkbp:transferFee |
Yes
|