Polity Kingdom of the Hwicce

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Was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England.

Establishment

  • January 578: The Kingdom of the Hwicce was established in 577 after the Battle of Deorham, where the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia defeated the Britons.

Chronology

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1. Battle of Deorham

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it was a battle between Wessex and the Britons.

  • January 578: The Kingdom of the Hwicce was established in 577 after the Battle of Deorham, where the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia defeated the Britons.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 616: The Kingdom of Ergyng was a Welsh kingdom of the sub-Roman and early medieval period. The area was originally part of the Kingdom of Glywysing and Gwent, but seems to have become independent for a period under King Peibio Clafrog in the 5th or 6th century and again under Gwrfoddw Hen in the early 7th century, c. 615.

Disestablishment

  • January 629: After 628, the kingdom became a client or satellite kingdom of Mercia following the Battle of Cirencester.