Cenwalh (died 674) was the king of Wessex from 643 to 674, except for a brief period (645 – 648) when he was driven out of his kingdom by Penda of Mercia. During this period, he sought refuge with Anna of East Anglia, who convinced him to be christened. As king of Wessex, Cenwalh encouraged Saint Birinus to establish churches throughout his kingdom. Events Dagobert II and Theuderic I succeed Childeric II as king(s) of the Franks First glass windows placed in English Churches Arabic siege of Constantinople begins Cenfus and then Aescwine succeed to the throne of Wessex Births Deaths Wulfhere, king of Mercia Seaxburh, queen of Japan - Temmu Emperor of... Map of the British Isles circa 802 Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England. ... Events Rothari, King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code. ... Events End of the reign of Empress Kogyoku of Japan Emperor Kotoku ascends to the throne of Japan Byzantines recapture Alexandria from the Arabs Births Empress Jito of Japan Categories: 645 ... Events Pope Theodore I excommunicates patriarch Paul II of Constantinople Births Emperor Kobun of Japan Categories: 648 ... Stained glass window from the cloister of Worcester Cathedral showing the death of Penda of Mercia. ... Anna (d. ... Baptism in early Christian art. ... Birinus (c. ...

He was co-ruler from 672 to 674 with his wife Seaxburh. Events April 11 - Adeodatus succeeds Vitalian as Pope. ... Seaxburh was the queen of Wessex, ruling jointly with her husband Cenwalh of Wessex, from 672 until 674. ...