# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-dwalla-of-wessex
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:11:07.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-dwalla-of-wessex"
name: "Cædwalla of Wessex"
slug: "c-dwalla-of-wessex"
description: "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 now Sussex. Cædwalla was unable to hold the South Saxon territory, however, and was driven out by Æthelwealh's ealdormen. In either 685 or 686, he became King of Wessex. He may have been involved in suppressing rival dynasties at this time, as an early source records that Wessex was ruled by underkings until Cædwalla."
tagline: "King of Wessex"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C%C3%A6dwalla_in_Barnard_Chichester_mural_(full_body).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "659"
deathDate: "0689-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.34033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "卡德瓦拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cædwalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "کدوالای وسکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla"
    title: "Cædwalla"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedwalla"
    title: "Caedwalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Caedwalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_de_Wessex"
    title: "Cædwalla de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_wessexi_kir%C3%A1ly"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cædwalla dari Wessex"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%A9"
    title: "キャドワラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaedvala"
    title: "Kaedvala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cædwalla"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla"
    title: "Cædwalla"
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    title: "Cædwalla av Wessex"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump