• The Battle of Cirencester was fought in 628 at Cirencester in modern-day England. The conflict involved the armies of Mercia, under King Penda, and the...
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    Gloucestershire, England, 80 miles (130 km) west of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It is the eighth largest settlement...
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    Hwicce (redirect from Rulers of Hwicce)
    577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of the Battle of Cirencester. The Tribal Hidage...
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    (Cirencester), and Aquae Sulis (Bath). The only evidence for the battle is an entry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in the so-called 'common stock' of annals...
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    628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in...
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    following the Battle of Cirencester of 628, when Penda incorporated the formerly West Saxon territories of Hwicce into his kingdom. The conversion of Mercia...
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    the minor kingdom of the Hwicce. In 628, as a result of the Battle of Cirencester, that kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia. From about...
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    when Penda of Mercia fought the West Saxons at the Battle of Cirencester, and the area came under the influence of Mercia as the sub-kingdom of the Hwicce...
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    various tribes under his overlordship. Battle of Cirencester: King Penda of Mercia defeats the West Saxons at Cirencester (southwest England), in what later...
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    after the Battle of Deorham in 577 AD as part of the Kingdom of Hwicce. In 628 AD, Penda of Mercia's victory in the Battle of Cirencester led to his...
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    Ancient Celtic warfare (category Battles involving the Celts)
    Burg 596: Battle of Raith 600: Battle of Catraeth 603: Battle of Degsastan 611: Battle of Chester 628: Battle of Cirencester 630: Battle of Cefn Digoll...
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    century. 628 Battle of Cirencester: King Penda of Mercia defeats Wessex and captures lands along the River Severn. 630 King Ricberht of East Anglia dies...
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  • The Battle of Degsastan was fought around 603 between king Æthelfrith of Bernicia and the Gaels under Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riada. Æthelfrith's...
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    The Battle of Badon, also known as the Battle of Mons Badonicus, was purportedly fought between Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Post-Roman Britain during the...
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    the Battle of Cirencester, the Hwicce come under the rule of the kingdom of Mercia. 676 – Abbess Berta founds a convent under the protection of Osric...
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    The Battle of the Winwaed (Welsh: Maes Gai; Medieval Latin: Strages Gai Campi) was fought on 15 November 655 between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia...
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    The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin; Constantine II, King...
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    52°51′36″N 3°03′14″W / 52.860°N 3.054°W / 52.860; -3.054 The Battle of Maserfield, a corruption of the Welsh Maes Elferth (Elferth's field, also Welsh: Cad...
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    The Battle of Ellendun or Battle of Wroughton was fought between Ecgberht of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in September 825. Sir Frank Stenton described...
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    The Battle of Heavenfield was fought in 633 or 634 between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd...
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    The Battle of Hatfield Chase (Old English: Hæðfeld; Old Welsh: Meigen) was fought on 12 October 633 at Hatfield Chase near Doncaster (today part of South...
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    Battle of Cirencester of 628, when Penda incorporated the largely Christian West Saxon territories of the Hwiccas into his kingdom. The conversion of...
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    At the Battle of Edington, an army of the kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by the Dane Guthrum on a date between...
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  • various tribes under his overlordship. Battle of Cirencester: King Penda of Mercia defeats the West Saxons at Cirencester (southwest England), in what later...
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    The Battle of Tewkesbury, which took place on 4 May 1471, was one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and...
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  • The Battle of Hereford was fought in 760 at Hereford (in what is now Herefordshire, England). The conflict followed decades of hostility between the Welsh...
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  • of Catraeth – 600 Battle of Chester – c. 615 Battle of Cirencester – 628 Siege of Exeter (c. 630) – c. 630 Battle of Hatfield Chase – 633 Battle of Heavenfield...
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    The Battle of Dun Nechtain or Battle of Nechtansmere (Old Welsh: Gueith Linn Garan) was fought between the Picts, led by King Bridei Mac Bili, and the...
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  • The Battle of Chester (Old Welsh: Guaith Caer Legion; Welsh: Brwydr Caer) was a major victory for the Anglo-Saxons over the native Britons near the city...
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  • At the Battle of Beran Byrig or Beranburh the West Saxons are said to have defeated the Britons at Barbury Castle hillfort near Swindon in 556 AD. The...
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