Kingdom of Dumnonia
Also known as Dumnonia, Damnonia, Domnonia
Dumnonia (, in the adjective form), a Latinised name, was a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the 6th century CE and the 7th century CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England.
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- Dumnonia
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- Celtic tribes of southern Britain at the start of the Roman period
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- Dumnonia
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- Celtic tribes of southern Britain immediately before the start of the Roman period
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- Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) (before 400)Tintagel
- Celts of England.location
- Devon and Cornwall, and parts of Somerset and Dorset
- Celts of England.rulers
- Kings of Dumnonia
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- Conflict with the Saxons
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Dumnonia (, in the adjective form), a Latinised name, was a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the 6th century CE and the 7th century CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England.
Its predecessor, the pre-Roman Dumnonii territory, was centred in the area of modern Devon, but also included modern Cornwall and part of Somerset; its eastern boundary was moved westward over time with the gradual expansion of the neighbouring Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. The spelling Damnonia is sometimes encountered, but that spelling is also used for the land of the Damnonii, later part of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, in present-day southern Scotland. The form Domnonia also occurs. The name of the kingdom shares a linguistic relationship with the Breton region of Domnonée ().