Caedwalla of Wessex conquered the Isle of Wight in 686 and exterminated or expelled much of its British and Jutish population, replacing them with West Saxon settlers. He killed the last king of the island and had his young brother brought out of hiding to be baptised before dying of his wounds. Bede records this as the last pagan people to be converted by force.
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