Dumnonia

This article is about the kingdom in south-western Britain. For the Brythonic colony of the same name in Brittany, see Domnonée. For the kingdom in northern Britain, see Damnonii.

Dumnonia
Geography
CapitalIsca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) (before c. 400)
Tintagel
LocationDevon and Cornwall, and parts of Somerset and Dorset
RulersKings of Dumnonia

Dumnonia is the Latinised name for a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the late 4th and late 8th centuries CE in the more westerly parts of present-day South West England. It was centred in the area of modern Devon, but also included modern Cornwall and part of Somerset,[1] with its eastern boundary changing over time as the gradual westward expansion of the neighbouring Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex encroached on its territory. 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.[2] The form Domnonia also occurs. The name of the kingdom shares a linguistic relationship with the Breton region of Domnonée (Breton: Domnonea).

  1. ^ Waldman, Carl; Mason, Catherine (2006). Encyclopedia of European Peoples. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438129181.
  2. ^ Mackay, Ian (1999–2017). "Geraint, Son of Erbin". History of Drumchapel.