Battle of Cirencester

Battle of Cirencester
Date	628
Location	Cirencester
Result	Mercian victory; Mercia takes control of the Severn Valley and the territory of the Hwicce
Belligerents
Mercia	Gewisse
Commanders and leaders
Penda	Cynegils and Cwichelm

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 Gewisse (predecessors of the West Saxons), under Kings Cynegils and Cwichelm. The Mercians defeated the Gewisse and, according to Bede, "after reaching an agreement", took control of the Severn valley and the minor kingdom of the Hwicce, which had been under the influence of the Gewisse since the Battle of Dyrham in 577.^[1]^[2]

References

^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 30–34. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

51°43′08″N 1°58′05″W / 51.719°N 1.968°W / 51.719; -1.968

This article about a battle in English history, before 1707, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[ASC-1] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

[CBH-2] Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 30–34. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

[1]

[2]