Event: Battle, War
Cynegils 1
-
Cwichelm 1
.battle against
Penda 1
near Cirencester
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
ii.6
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Scholarly Info
Description
Cynegils 1
and
Cwichelm 1
waged a war against
Penda 1
near a town called Cirencester.
Year
628
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... bellum gesserunt ... iuxta oppidum, quod uulgari sermone Cirnceastre.
Date from Source
<628>: fourteen years after the battle at Beamdun
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Cynegils 1
(
King of the West Saxons, 611-?642
)
Participant
:
Cwichelm 1
(
King of the West Saxons, d. 636
)
Participant
:
Penda 1
(
King of the Mercians, 626/632-655
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Cirencester, town: (
Oppidum
), now
Cirencester, Gloucestershire