What is Ceolwulf of Wessex?
{{Infobox royalty | name = Ceolwulf | succession = [[List of monarchs of Wessex|King of the West Saxons]] | reign = 16 October 597 – 26 March 611 | coronation = 26 October 597 | predecessor = [[Ceol of Wessex|Ceol]] | successor = [[Cynegils of Wessex|Cynegils]] | house = [[House of Wessex|Wessex]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|561|5|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Winchester]], [[Wessex]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|611|3|26|561|5|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Winchester, Wessex | burial_date = 29 March 611 | burial_place = [[Winchester Cathedral]] | father = [[Cutha of Wessex|Cutha]] }} '''Ceolwulf''' (29 May 561 – 26 March 611) was the [[List of monarchs of Wessex|King of Wessex]] from 567 until his death in 611. The second son of [[Cutha of Wessex|Cutha]] who was the son of [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]], Ceolwulf succeeded his older brother [[Ceol of Wessex|Ceol]] in October 597. As Ceol's son, [[Cynegils of Wessex|Cynegils]] was young to become king, Ceolwulf took the throne in order to maintain stability and security in the kingdom as back then, young kings were considered very weak. When Ceolwulf ascended to the throne, the majority of the kingdom mainly [[Middlesex]] was very decentralised. However, he implemented policies which centralised power which made the kingdom more powerful even though he continued to have litte power in Middlesex. He also fought the [[Celtic Britons|Britons]], the [[Celts]] and the [[Picts]] even though there's a lack of evidence that the Saxon Army went up north as far as modern-day Scotland. However, there was allegedly a conflict in [[Chester]] when it wasn't under Anglo-Saxon yet. In 607, Ceolwulf lost Middlesex to [[Mercia]] after a year-long conflict and also fought a battle with [[Sussex]] even though the outcome is unknown. In March 611, Ceolwulf died of [[dysentery]] and was succeeded by his nephew, Cynegils. He was buried at [[Winchester Cathedral]] three days later. His reign was largely successf