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Cædwalla, king of Wessex (born 659)

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Cædwalla

King of Wessex from 685 to 688

Cædwalla was the King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the Welsh Cadwallon. He was exiled from Wessex as a youth and during this period gathered forces and attacked the South Saxons, killing their king, Æthelwealh, in what is…
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Wessex

Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain

The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until Alfred the Great declared himself as King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886.
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April 20

Day of the year

April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 255 days remain until the end of the year.
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