Saxon conquest of Wessex

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The Saxon conquest of Wessex was the early 6th-century establishment of a West Saxon kingdom in southern England by incoming Germanic settlers, traditionally led by Cerdic and his followers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
associatedWith Cerdic ⓘ
linked to: Cerdic of Wessex

Cynric ⓘ
West Saxon royal house ⓘ
linked to: House of Wessex
chronologyStatus partly legendary ⓘ
traditionally dated ⓘ
conflictType migration-period warfare ⓘ
country sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
describedAs foundation of the West Saxon kingdom ⓘ
endTime early 6th century ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of the Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
further West Saxon expansion into central southern England ⓘ
follows Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain ⓘ
hasCause Anglo-Saxon expansion into sub-Roman territories ⓘ
migration of Germanic settlers to Britain ⓘ
hasEffect displacement of Brittonic polities in southern England ⓘ
establishment of the Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
expansion of West Saxon power in southern Britain ⓘ
formation of a West Saxon royal dynasty ⓘ
hasLeader Cerdic of Wessex ⓘ
Cynric of Wessex ⓘ
hasMainParticipants Brittonic inhabitants of southern England ⓘ
West Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Saxons
hasOutcome creation of a West Saxon ruling elite ⓘ
integration of Germanic settlers into southern English landscapes ⓘ
historicalRegion Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
languageContext Old English ⓘ
locatedIn Hampshire ⓘ
Isle of Wight region ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
upper Thames region ⓘ
opposedBy Brittonic kingdoms of southern Britain ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon settlement of England ⓘ
transition from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
precededBy Roman rule in Britain ⓘ
religiousContext pagan Anglo-Saxon society ⓘ
resultedIn emergence of Wessex as one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ⓘ
significance laid foundations for later dominance of Wessex in England ⓘ
startTime circa 495 ⓘ
early 6th century ⓘ
timePeriod early Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
post-Roman Britain ⓘ
traditionalAccountSource Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
later West Saxon royal genealogies ⓘ

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Cerdic of Wessex → associatedWithEvent → Saxon conquest of Wessex ⓘ
Saxon conquest of Wessex → hasEffect → establishment of the Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Saxon conquest of Wessex