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Name: Kingdom of Wihtwara

Type: Polity

Start: 513 AD

End: 686 AD

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A kingdom founded on the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England, during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.

Establishment

  • January 513: Wihtwara was a kingdom founded on the Isle of Wight, a 380 km2 island off the south coast of England, during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. Wihtland was the name given to the Isle of Wight. The Wihtwara were the people of Wihtland, supposedly after Wihtgar who, along with Stuf, was one of the two earliest kings of Wihtland (from 512, as recorded by St Bede).

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    Disestablishment

  • January 687: Arwald was reportedly killed resisting an invasion in 686 by King Caedwalla of Wessex.

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