infobox royalty monarch name Cynegils title King of Wessex image Winchestercathedralburialchestkyngils.jpg thumb centre caption Mortuary chest in Winchester Cathedral that purports to contain Cynegils bones reign c. 611 c. 643 predecessor Ceolwulf of Wessex Ceolwulf successor Cenwalh death date c. 643 issue Cenwalh br Kyneburga Cyneburg ? Image Britain peoples circa 600.svg thumb right 180px Cynegils IPA ang k ne ls was King of Wessex from c. 611 to c. 643. Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex , but the familiar kingdoms of the so called Heptarchy had not yet formed ... of Wessex and Mercia . ref Kirby, p. 48ff. Yorke, pp. 135&ndash 137 Barbara Yorke, Gewisse , in M. Lapidge et al. Barbara Yorkes, Wessex , in M. Lapidge et al., in M. Lapidge et al. ref It appears that Cynegils became king on the death of King Ceolwulf of Wessex Ceolwulf c. 611. His relationship ... Cynegils succeeded to the government in Wessex, and held it one and thirty winters. Cynegils was the son ... appears to have made little long term impact as Cynegils son Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh was not baptised ... that King Centwine of Wessex Centwine was a son of Cynegils, but there is strong circumstantial .... ref Notes reflist See also House of Wessex family tree External links Wikisource1911Enc Cynegils http www.berkshirehistory.com bios cynegils.html Royal Berkshire History Cynegils, King of Wessex ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cynegils Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 642 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cynegils Of Wessex Category ... es Cynegils de Wessex eo Cynegils fa fr Cynegils it Cynegils del Wessex nl Cynegils ja pt Cynegils de Wessex ru sh Cynegils od Wessexa ... Anglo Saxon England , p. 25ff. ref The later kingdom of Wessex was centred on the counties of Hampshire ... of Cynegils was located on the upper River Thames , extending into northern Wiltshire and Somerset ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox royalty realm england name Ceolwulf title King of the West Saxons image caption reign 597 spaced ndash 611 predecessor Ceol of Wessex Ceol successor Cynegils of Wessex Cynegils issue full name Ceolwulf of Wessex royal house House of Wessex birth date birth place death date date of burial place of burial spouse father mother Ceolwulf was King of Wessex from 597 to 611. He became king upon the death of his brother Ceol , because at that time Ceol s son Cynegils was too young to rule. Ceolwulf reigned for fourteen years and nothing is known of Wessex during his time as king. He died without any recorded issue and after his death the throne passed to Cynegils. See also House of Wessex family tree DEFAULTSORT Ceolwulf Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs Category 6th century rulers in Europe Category 7th century rulers in Europe Category 7th century English people s start s reg succession box before Ceol of Wessex Ceol title List of monarchs of Wessex Kings of Wessex years 597 611 after Cynegils of Wessex Cynegils s end Kings of Wessex UK noble stub br Ceolwulf Wessex cs Ceolwulf cy Ceolwulf o Wessex de Ceolwulf Wessex el es Ceolwulf de Wessex eo Ceolwulf Wessex fr Ceolwulf de Wessex it Ceolwulf del Wessex ja pt Ceolwulf de Wessex ru sh Ceolwulf od Wessexa ... more details
of Deira , c. 626, was ordered by the West Saxon King Cwichelm, and does not mention Cynegils. ref Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People , II, 9. ref In 628, Cynegils and Cwichelm fought ... year. Cynegils was also baptised at this time, by Bishop Birinus , with Oswald of Bernicia was his ... Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh gave his relation Cuthred three thousand hides of land by Ashdown. Cuthred was the son of Cwichelm, Cwichelm of Cynegils. Cuthred may have been a sub king under Cynegils and Cenwalh. ref Barry Cunliffe, Wessex to A.D. 1000 The Longman Regional History of England , p. 283. ref The relationship of Cwichelm to Cynegils, and the question of whether King Cwichelm was a son of Cynegils is disputed. If the 648 entry originally referred to Cuthred, son of Cwichelm, son of Cynegils, the use of the Latin term propinquus relation, kinsman rather than nepos grandson, nephew is perhaps surprising. Barbara Yorke accepts that there was a single Cwichelm, and that he was Cynegils ... is unassailable, but the question of his ancestry and relationship to Cynegils, if any, is much less certain. See also House of Wessex family tree Notes reflist Kings of Wessex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cwichelm Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 636 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cwichelm Of Wessex Category ... people cs Cwichelm de Cwichelm es Cwichelm de Wessex eo Cwichelm fr Cwichelm it Cwichelm del Wessex ja pt Cwichelm de Wessex ru sh Cwichelm od Wessexa ... more details
refimprove date September 2008 infobox royalty monarch name Ceol title King of Wessex reign 592 597 predecessor Ceawlin successor Ceolwulf of Wessex Ceolwulf issue Cynegils Ceol also known as Ceola or Ceolric was King of Wessex from 592 to 597. He was the son of Cutha or Cuthwulf , the son of Cynric of Wessex . He reigned from either 591 AD or 592 to 597 . According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, he began his reign in 591, but it was only in the following year that he drove out his uncle Ceawlin in a AD592 Battle at Woden s Burg battle at Woden s Barrow in Wiltshire , ref http www.oxforddnb.com public index.html?url 2Findex.jsp Yorke, Barbara, Ceol , Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ref ref According to Frank Stenton, Anglo Saxon England, Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, 1971, p. 30, the battle was fought at Woddesbeorg or Wodnesbeorg, probably the tumulus now called Adam s Grave, overlooking the Vale of Pewsey . ref thus denying the throne to the rightful heir, Ceawlin s son Cuthwine . Upon his death the throne passed to his brother Ceolwulf of Wessex Ceolwulf , because his son Cynegils was presumably too young to inherit the throne, so it was given to the brother, as was probably the custom among the Saxons. In 1967 Wright and Jackson ref Wright, R.P. and Jackson ... of a sub house of the House of Wessex which would rule Wessex from 591 645, 648 674 and from 676 685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh , Seaxburh and Centwine . Coenwulf of Mercia Coenwulf ... longer. See House of Wessex family tree . Notes Reflist s start s reg succession box before Ceawlin of Wessex Ceawlin title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 592 597 after Ceolwulf of Wessex Ceolwulf s end Kings of Wessex DEFAULTSORT Ceol Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs Category 6th century rulers in Europe UK noble stub br Ceol Wessex de Ceol el es Ceol de Wessex eo Ceol fa fr Ceol hu Ceol wessexi kir ly ja pt Ceol de Wessex ru ... more details
s version of his ancestry makes Centwine a son of King Cynegils of WessexCynegils , and thus a brother ...Infobox monarch name Centwine title King of Wessex reign 676&ndash 686 predecessor Aescwine of Wessex Aescwine successor C dwalla of Wessex C dwalla father Cynegils of WessexCynegils death date after 686 Centwine died after 685 was King of Wessex from circa 676 to 685 or 686, although he was perhaps not the only king of the West Saxons at the time. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle reports that Centwine became king circa 676, succeeding scwine of Wessex scwine . Bede states that after the death of King Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh his under rulers took upon them the kingdom of the people, and dividing it among themselves, held it ten years . ref Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People , Book IV, chapter 12. ref Bede s dismissal of scwine and Centwine as merely sub kings may represent the views of the supporters of the King Ine of Wessex Ine , whose family ruled Wessex in Bede s time. ref Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings , pp. 52&ndash 53. ref However, if the West Saxon kingdom did fragment following Cenwalh s death, it appears that it was reunited during Centwine s reign. ref Barbara Yorke Yorke, Barbara , Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo Saxon England , pp. 145&ndash 146. ref An entry under 682 in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle records that Centwine drove the Britons to the sea ... Saxon England ref He was succeeded by Caedwalla of Wessex Caedwalla . The date of his death is unknown. See also House of Wessex family tree Notes reflist s start s reg succession box before scwine of Wessex scwine title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 676 &ndash 685 686 after Caedwalla of Wessex Caedwalla s end Kings of Wessex Anglo Saxon saints DEFAULTSORT Centwine Of Wessex Category ... Category West Saxon saints cs Centwine de Centwine es Centwine de Wessex eo Centwine fa fr Centwine it Centwine del Wessex nl Centwine ja pt Centwine de Wessex ru ... more details
Infobox monarch name Cenwalh title King of Wessex reign 643&ndash 645 648&ndash 674 predecessor Cynegils of WessexCynegils successor Seaxburh of Wessex Seaxburh father Cynegils of WessexCynegils consort Seaxburh of Wessex Seaxburh death date 672 Cenwalh , also Cenwealh or Coenwalh , was King of Wessex .... 672. Penda and Anna Bede states that Cenwealh was the son of the King Cynegils of WessexCynegils ..., then he was perhaps a son of King Cwichelm of Wessex Cwichelm or a grandson of Cynegils, if indeed King Cwichelm was not also a son of Cynegils. None of the West Saxon dates give any clear evidence ... of Maserfield Maserfeld in 642, Oswald being the godfather of Cynegils, and husband of Cenwalh s sister Cyneburh, and thus the protector of Cynegils s line in Wessex. ref For these relationships ... before Cynegils of WessexCynegils s ttl title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years ... ancestries for Cynegils, and the relationship of Cynegils and Cenwealh to later kings is less than ... have British names Cerdic, Ceawlin, Cenwalh . ref Although Cynegils is said to have been a convert ... in the 650s. ref Kirby, p. 51 Yorke, p. 136. ref Origins of Christian Wessex Whenever Cenwealh returned ... to the Jutes , thereafter confined to the Isle of Wight , lay in the heart of the future Wessex. The ravaging ... by the West Saxons led by scwine of Wessex scwine . ref Kirby, pp. 115&ndash 116 Yorke, pp. 105 ..., Wessex to A.D. 1000 The Longman Regional History of England , p. 297 Yorke, pp.136&ndash 137. ref Whether Cenwealh ruled alone in Wessex is uncertain. Earlier kings appear to have shared rulership, and Cenberht , father of the future King Caedwalla of Wessex Caedwalla , may have ruled together with Cenwealh ... widow, Seaxburh of Wessex Seaxburh , who held power for about a year. ref Kirby, p. 52. ref ref http ... to be descended from Cenwealh, indeed no descendants of his are known. King Centwine of Wessex Centwine .... ref Kirby, p. 53. ref However, if no descendants of Cenwealh held the throne in Wessex, it may ... more details
Wessex or West Saxon can refer to Wessex a putative region of England, Wessex culture a name given to the predominant prehistoric culture of southern Britain during the early Bronze Age, Early West Saxon the Germanic dialect spoken by the West Saxons following Anglo Saxon settlement, Late West Saxon the language usually known as Old English, Thomas Hardy s Wessex a semi fictional region of England in the novels of Thomas Hardy, Westland Wessex a helicopter Earl of Wessex Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex a British prince and current earl. Sophie, Countess of Wessex , his wife Wessex European Parliament constituency , a former constituency covering Dorset and part of Hampshire and Wiltshire Wessex, Ontario , Canada, a fictitious city in the Canadian sitcom Dan for Mayor Wessex Formation , an English fossil site and geological formation Wessex RFC , a rugby union team in Devon, England See also Wizex , a Swedish dansband disambig hr Wessex he sh Wessex ... more details
Saxon Chronicle , as Ceaulin name Ceawlin title King of Wessex br Bretwalda of southern Britain reign 560&ndash 592 predecessor Cynric of Wessex Cynric successor Ceol of Wessex Ceol death date death date 0593 593 father Cynric of Wessex Cynric issue Cuthwine Ceawlin also spelled Ceaulin and Caelin , died ca. 593 was a King of Wessex . He may have been the son of Cynric of Wessex and the grandson of Cerdic of Wessex , whom the Anglo Saxon Chronicle represents as the leader of the first group of Saxons to come to the land which later became Wessex . Ceawlin was active during the last years ... of Anglo Saxons, and indicates that under Ceawlin Wessex acquired significant territory, some of which ... deposed the year before, possibly by his successor, Ceol of Wessex Ceol . He is recorded in various ... of annals which were compiled near the year 890, during the reign of King Alfred the Great of Wessex ... of Wessex, including the lengths of their reigns. It survives in several forms, including as a preface ... of their writers to use a single line of descent to trace the lineage of the Kings of Wessex through ... of which can be regarded as reasonably certain, is the baptism of Cynegils , which occurred ... in presenting the kings of Wessex as having succeeded one another, with no omitted kings, no joint ... D.N. Dumville, The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List and the chronology of Wessex , 1985, cited in Yorke ... name Swanton 18 Swanton, Anglo Saxon Chronicle , pp. 18 19. For tables showing the variations in the Wessex ... in the Wessex genealogies may have come about because of efforts to integrate Ceawlin s line with the other ... the reign of C dwalla of Wessex C dwalla . ref name Kirby 48 Kirby, Earliest English Kings , pp ... England, including Gloucester, Cirencester, Bath, and Aylesbury Ultimately, the kingdom of Wessex ... would have been king of Wessex at this time. ref name Swanton 14 ref name Stenton 26 Stenton, Anglo ... England , p. 29. ref Wessex almost certainly lost this territory to Penda of Mercia in 628, when the Chronicle ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox royalty type monarch name Sigeberht succession King of Wessex reign 756&ndash 757 predecessor Cuthred of Wessex Cuthred successor Cynewulf of Wessex Cynewulf house House of Wessex death date 757 Sigeberht Sigeberht means roughly Magnificent Victory was the King of Wessex from 756 to 757. Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred of Wessex Cuthred , but was then accused of acting unjustly. He was removed from power by a council of nobles, but given control of Hampshire . There, he was accused of murder , driven out and ultimately killed. It is possible that this happened under the influence of thelbald of Mercia . His brother Cyneheard the Atheling Cyneheard was also driven out, but returned in 786 to kill Sigeberht s successor Cynewulf of Wessex Cynewulf . See also House of Wessex family tree S start S reg Succession box before Cuthred of Wessex Cuthred title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 756 757 after Cynewulf of Wessex Cynewulf S end Kings of Wessex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sigeberht Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 757 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sigeberht Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs Category Year of birth unknown Category 757 deaths Category 8th century rulers in Europe Category 8th century English people UK noble stub br Sigeberht Wessex cs Sigeberht de Sigeberht Wessex es Sigeberht de Wessex eo Sigeberht Wessex fa fr Sigeberht de Wessex got it Sigeberht del Wessex hu Sigeberht wessexi kir ly nl Sigebert van Wessex ru sh Sigeberht od Wessexa ... more details
calls him a descendant of the early king Ceawlin of Wessex Ceawlin , ref ASC manuscript A, 728. ref ... Wessex in 733, including the royal Manorialism manor of Somerton . His wife Frithugyth is recorded in the Chronicle as making a pilgrimage to Rome in 737. thelheard was succeeded by Cuthred of Wessex Cuthred , possibly a brother or other relative. See also House of Wessex family tree References reflist s start s reg s bef before Ine of Wessex Ine s ttl title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 726 740 s aft after Cuthred of Wessex Cuthred end Kings of Wessex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aethelheard Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 740 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aethelheard Of Wessex Category West Saxon ... people England bio stub UK royal stub br Aethelheard Wessex cs thelheard de thelheard Wessex es Aethelheard de Wessex eo Aethelheard Wessex fa fr thelheard de Wessex it Aethelheard di Wessex nl Aethelheard van Wessex ja pl Ethelheard z Wessex ru ... more details
for the Mercian monarch Creoda of Mercia unreferenced date January 2009 Creoda of Wessex b. c. 493 is a shadowy figure in early Wessex history, mentioned only in the regnal list in the preface of the Anglo Saxon chronicle . There he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic of Wessex Cerdic and father to Cynric of Wessex Cynric . Persondata name Creoda of Wessex alternative names short description date of birth 493 place of birth date of death place of death Category 493 births Category 6th century deaths Category Anglo Saxon royalty England hist stub br Creoda Wessex es Creoda de Wessex ... more details
Four ships of the Royal Navy , and a division of the Royal Naval Reserve have borne the name HMS Wessex , after the historical Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon kingdom of Wessex HMS Wessex D43 HMS Wessex was an V and W class destroyer Admiralty W class destroyer launched in 1918 and sunk in 1940 in an air attack off Calais . HMS Wessex was to have been a W and Z class destroyer Z class destroyer, but was renamed HMS Zenith R95 HMS Zenith prior to launch. HMS Wessex R78 HMS Wessex was a W and Z class destroyer W class destroyer, previously named HMS Zenith , but renamed prior to launching in 1943. She was transferred to the South African Navy in 1950 and renamed SAS Jan van Riebeeck . She was decommissioned in 1975, and sunk as a target in 1980. HMS Wessex was the Southampton base of the Royal Naval Reserve , established after the Second World War and closed in 1994. In addition, two ships that served at different times as tenders to the base were also known as HMS Wessex HMS Derg K257 HMS Derg , a River class frigate River class frigate , was HMS Wessex between 1951 and 1954. HMS Erne U03 HMS Erne , a Black Swan class sloop Black Swan class , sloop was HMS Wessex between 1952 and 1965. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Wessex, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Edward of Wessex may refer to Edward the Elder c. 870 924 King of Wessex Edward the Martyr c. 962 978 King of the English Edward the Confessor c. 1003 1066 King of the English Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex born 1964 , youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II disambig ... more details
Infobox royalty type monarch name thelberht succession King of Wessex image reign 860 865 predecessor thelbald of Wessex thelbald successor thelred of Wessex thelred house House of Wessex birth date c 836 birth place Wessex , England death date Autumn, 865 Sherborne death place place of burial father thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf, King of Wessex mother Osburh thelberht or Ethelbert lang ang elberht , meaning Magnificent Noble was the King of Wessex from 860 to 865. He was the third son of thelwulf of Wessex and his first wife, Osburh . In 855 he became under king of Kent while his father, thelwulf, visited Rome . His brother thelbald of Wessex thelbald was left in charge of the West ..., Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ref One development was that Wessex and its ... Death thelberht died in 865 and was succeeded by his brother thelred of Wessex thelred . He was buried at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset beside his brother thelbald. See also House of Wessex family tree List of monarchs of Kent References Reflist S start S reg S bef before thelbald of Wessex thelbald S ttl title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 860 865 S aft rows 2 after thelred of Wessex thelred S bef before thelstan of Wessex thelstan S ttl title King of Kent years 858 865 End Kings of Wessex Kentish Monarchs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME thelberht ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Wessex 860 to 865 DATE OF BIRTH c. 836 PLACE OF BIRTH Wessex DATE OF DEATH 865 PLACE OF DEATH Sherborne DEFAULTSORT Aethelberht Of Wessex Category Burials ... van Wessex cs Ethelbert z Wessexu da thelberht af Wessex de thelberht Wessex el es Ethelberto de Wessex eo Ethelbert Wessex fa fr thelberht de Wessex hr Ethelbert od Wessexa id thelbert dari Wessex it Ethelbert del Wessex he , ka I lb Ethelbert vu Wessex hu thelberht wessexi kir ly nl Ethelbert van Wessex no Ethelbert av ... more details
Infobox royalty type monarch name thelbald succession King of Wessex image Aethelbald.jpg 200px reign 13 January 858 20 December 860 predecessor thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf successor thelberht of Wessex thelbert house House of Wessex birth date 834 ref name Weir citation unused data publisher The Bodley ... London, U.K. publisher The Bodley Head page 6 ref birth place Wessex, England Wessex , England death date death date 860 12 20 df y death place Wessex place of burial Sherborne Abbey consort yes spouse Judith of Flanders Judith of France Annulled father thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf, King of Wessex mother Osburh King thelbald of Wessex or Ethelbald lang ang elbald means roughly Noble Bold was King of Wessex from 858 to 860. ref name Nelson http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8921?docPos ..., pp. 18, 35 ref He was the second of the five sons of King thelwulf of Wessex and Osburh . ref name ... of Ealdorman . In 855 he became regent of Wessex while his father, thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf ... of Wessex thelstan having died in 851 or shortly after. ref Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge eds ..., 1983, pp. 231 2 ref His younger brother thelbert of Wessex thelbert became king of Kent. ref name ... thelbald to continue to rule Wessex itself or the western part of Wessex ref name Nelson while he ... his death. After thelwulf s death, thelbald became the king of Wessex, while thelbert again became ... of Wessex family tree References Reflist 30em s start s reg s bef before thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf s ttl title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 858 860 s aft after thelbert of Wessex thelbert end Kings of Wessex Persondata NAME Aethelbald Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Wessex DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Wessex, England DATE OF DEATH 20 December 0860 PLACE OF DEATH Wessex DEFAULTSORT Aethelbald Of Wessex Category Burials at Sherborne Abbey Category English ... century rulers in Europe Category 9th century English people af Ethelbald van Wessex ang elbald West ... more details
Infobox monarch name scwine title King of Wessex reign 674&ndash 676 predecessor Seaxburh of Wessex Seaxburh successor Centwine of Wessex Centwine father Cenfus death date after 676 scwine was a King of Wessex from about 674 to 676, but was probably not the only king in Wessex at the time. Bede writes that after the death of King Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh in 672 his under rulers took upon them the kingdom of the people, and dividing it among themselves, held it ten years . ref Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People , Book IV, chapter 12. ref According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle Cenwalh was succeeded as ruler for about one year by his wife Seaxburh of Wessex Seaxburh . ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 4996 4996?back ,4996,25149 Barbara Yorke, Cenwalh , Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ref scwine reigned from about 674 to 676. ref http www.oxforddnb.com view theme 93213?&back 4996 Rulers of Anglo Saxon Kingdoms, Oxford Online Dictionary of National ... generation descendant of Cynric of Wessex Cynric . Bede s dismissal of scwine as a mere sub king may represent the views of the supporters of the King Ine of Wessex Ine , whose family ruled Wessex in Bede ... through Ceawlin s son Cuthwine . In 675, scwine defeated an invasion of Wessex led by the Mercia n ... certainly identified. scwine was succeeded by Centwine of Wessex Centwine . Notes reflist s start s reg succession box before Seaxburh of Wessex Seaxburh title King of Wessex years 674&ndash 676? after Centwine of Wessex Centwine s end Kings of Wessex Persondata NAME Aescwine Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Wessex DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 676 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aescwine Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs Category 676 deaths Category 7th century rulers in Europe Category 7th century English people cs scwine de scwine Wessex es Aescwine de Wessex eo Eskvino fr scwine de Wessex it Aescwine del Wessex ja pt Aescwine de Wessex ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Orphan date February 2009 Cutha Cuthwulf was born in 600 in Wessex . His father was Cuthine of Wessex . His paternal grandfather was Ceawlin , king of Wessex. He was an only child. He married and had one son, Ceolwald of Wessex Ceolwald . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wessex, Cuthwulf Of ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Anglo Saxon royal DATE OF BIRTH 600 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wessex, Cuthwulf Of Category Anglo Saxon royalty Category 600 births Category Year of death unknown ... more details
refimprove date August 2007 Infobox royalty type monarch name Cuthred succession King of Wessex reign 740&ndash 756 predecessor thelheard of Wessex thelheard successor Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht house House of Wessex death date 756 Cuthred or Cu r d was the King of Wessex from 740 739 according to Simeon of Durham , 741 according to John of Worcester until 756. He succeeded thelheard of Wessex thelheard , his relative and possibly his brother. Cuthred inherited the kingdom while Mercia was at its peak. The two kingdoms often fought, but it appears that thelbald of Mercia was Wessex s overlord, and that he compelled Cuthred to join him in fighting the Wales Welsh in 743. Cuthred s reign was a troubled time. In 748, Cuthred s aetheling Cynric, possibly his son, was killed according to Henry of Huntingdon in a mutiny , while in 750 the ealdorman thelhun led an unsuccessful rebellion. In 752, Cuthred led a successful rebellion against thelbald at Battle Edge in Burford and secured independence from Mercia for the rest of his reign. He is also said to have fought the Cornish people Cornish in 753. See also House of Wessex family tree References reflist http www.thepeerage.com p15038.htm Cuthred, King of Wessex1 M d. 756 at thepeerage.com s start s reg succession box before thelheard of Wessex thelheard title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 740 756 after Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht s end Kings of Wessex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cuthred Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 756 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cuthred Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs Category 756 deaths Category 8th century rulers in Europe Category 8th century English people England bio stub UK royal stub br Cuthred Wessex cs Cuthred de Cuthred Wessex es Cuthred de Wessex eo Cuthred Wessex fa fr Cuthred de Wessex it Cuthred di Wessex nl Cuthred van Wessex ja pl Cuthred ru ... more details
Infobox monarch name Seaxburh title Queen of Wessex reign c. 672&ndash c.674 predecessor Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh successor scwine of Wessex scwine death date c. 674 Seaxburh died c. 674 was a queen of Wessex . She is also called queen of the Gewisse , an early name for the tribe which ruled Wessex. She is said to have ruled Wessex for about a year after the death of her husband, Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh , in 672. It was extremely rare for a woman to rule in her own right in Anglo Saxon England, and she was the only woman to appear in a regnal list. She may have ruled for over a year, as the next reign is entered in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle in 674. However, Bede said that after death of Cenwalh sub kings took upon themselves the government of the kingdom , so the chroniclers may have tidied up a complicated situation. ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 25149?docPos 1 Barbara Yorke, Seaxburh , Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ref ref Ann Williams historian Ann Williams , Alfred P. Smyth and D. P. Kirby, A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain , 1991, p. 210 ref She was succeeded in about 674 by scwine of Wessex scwine . ref http www.oxforddnb.com view theme 93213?&back 25149 Rulers of Anglo Saxon Kingdoms, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ref See also House of Wessex family tree Notes reflist s start s reg succession box before Cenwalh of Wessex Cenwalh title List of monarchs of Wessex Queen of Wessex years c.672 c.673 after scwine of Wessex scwine s end Kings of Wessex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Seaxburh of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Seaxburh of Wessex Category 670s deaths Category West Saxon monarchs Category Queens ... Category 7th century monarchs in Europe UK noble stub cs Seaxburh de Seaxburh es Seaxburh de Wessex eo Seaxburh Wessex fr Seaxburh it Seaxburh del Wessex ja pt Seaxburh de Wessex ru ... more details
Bronze Age The Wessex culture is the predominant prehistoric archaeological culture culture of central and southern Prehistoric Britain Britain during the early Bronze Age , originally defined by the British archaeologist Stuart Piggott in 1938. ref name Darvill2002 WC http www.answers.com topic wessex culture 1 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology Timothy Darvill, 2002, Wessex culture, p.464, Oxford University Press, ISBN 019 211649 5 ref It should not be confused with the later Anglo Saxons Saxon kingdom of Wessex . The culture is related to the Hilversum culture of the central Netherlands, Belgium and northern France, and linked to the northern France armorica n tumuli, ref The Armorican Tumuli of the Early Bronze Age, A Statistic Analysis for Calling the Two Series into Question Mareva Gabillot et al. ref prototyped with the Middle Rhine group of Beaker culture and commonly subdivided in the consecutive phases Wessex I 2000 1650 BC and Wessex II 1650 1400 . Wessex I is closely associated with the construction and use of the later phases of Stonehenge . They buried their dead ... the Wessex people to construct the second and third megalithic phases of Stonehenge and also indicates ... calculations that can be answered using Stonehenge. When the term Wessex Culture was first ... documented burials in the Wessex area loomed large in literature on the Bronze Age. During the twentieth ... Wessex Culture as a limited social stratum rather than a distinct cultural grouping, specifically ... 9 ref Notes reflist Sources Piggott, S 1938. The Early Bronze Age in Wessex, Proc. Prehist. Soc. 4, 52 106. Piggott, S 1973. The Wessex culture of the Early Bronze Age, Victoria County History Wiltshire I ii , 352 75. Coles, J M and J Taylor 1971. The Wessex Culture, a minimal view, Antiquity 45, 6 14. DEFAULTSORT Wessex Culture Category Archaeological cultures of Western Europe Category Bronze Age Britain de Wessex Kultur es Cultura de Wessex no Wessex kulturen pl Kultura Wessex ru ... more details
Ceolwald of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex see House of Wessex family tree . Although a member of the direct male line from Cynric of Wessex Cynric to Egbert of Wessex Egbert , Ceolwald was never king. His birth and death dates are unknown. His father was Cutha Cathwulf and his child Coenred of Wessex . Nothing more of him is known for certain. Some sites list him as married to http www.wikitree.com wiki Of Mumhan 1 Fafertach 620 644 , daughter of Prince Finguine of Mumhan 603 644 . Several list him as son of Princess Gwynhafar of Dumnonia daughter of King Clemen ap Bledric . References refbegin cite book last Kirby first D.P. title The Earliest English Kings year 1992 location London publisher Routledge isbn 0 415 09086 5 cite book last Yorke first Barbara title Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo Saxon England year 1990 location London publisher Seaby isbn 1 85264 027 8 refend Category 7th century English people UK noble stub ja ... more details
Royal house surname House of Wessex coat of arms File Wyvern of Wessex.svg 180px Golden Wyvern of Wessex br Wyvern Golden Wyvern of Wessex ref Friar, Basic Heraldry , 12. ref country Kingdom of Wessex , Kingdom of England parent house titles nowiki nowiki List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex Kings of England King of England founder Cerdic of Wessex final ruler Edward the Confessor current head founding year 519 dissolution 1093 nationality English people English House of Wessex Background see details cadet branches The House of Wessex , also known as the House of Cerdic , refers to the family that initially ruled a monarchy kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex , from the 6th century under Cerdic of Wessex until the unification of the Heptarchy Kingdoms of England . The House became ... of Wessex and England rulers timeline ImageSize width 800 height auto barincrement 12 PlotArea ... w text Wessex from 1013 till 1014 color d text from 1014 till 1016 color w text from 1016 till 1042 color d text House of Denmark Denmark from 1042 till 1066 color w text Wessex from 1066 till 1066 ... barset Rulers from 829 till 839 color w text Egbert of Wessex Egbert from 839 till 856 color w text thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf from 856 till 860 color w text thelbald of Wessex thelbald from 860 till 865 color w text thelberht of Wessex thelbert from 865 till 871 color w text thelred of Wessex ... the Elder from 924 till 924 color w text lfweard of Wessex lfweard from 924 till 939 color w text ... skip timeline Genealogy The following chart is a family tree of the king s of the House of Wessex , a dynasty whose members were Kings of Wessex , and then, from Athelstan onwards, King of England Kings of England . Many of the links shown are disputed. Egbert of Wessex Egbert , who became King of Wessex ... to legitimize his claim to the throne of Wessex. ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8581?docPos ... tracing the ancestry of the Godwins back to thelred of Wessex King thelred I are based on theories ... more details
. ref In this period the earldom of Wessex covered the lands of the old kingdom of Wessex , covering ... was conferred on Godwin, Earl of Wessex Godwin at some time after 1020. ref Mason p33 ref Thereafter ... of Hereford earldom of Hereford . ref Crouch p108 ref Godwin, Earl of Wessex c. 1001 1053 Harold ... current Infobox peerage title name Earldom of Wessex creation date 19 June 1999 monarch Elizabeth II ..., Earl of Wessex The Prince Edward present holder Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex The Prince Edward remainder ... son, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Prince Edward , married Sophie, Countess of Wessex Sophie ... title Earl of Wessex after watching the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love , in which a character with that title ... of Wessex is also Viscount Severn this title is used as a courtesy title by the Earl s son, who ... of Wessex and Viscount Severn. Fiction The 1998 in film 1998 film Shakespeare in Love featured an entirely fictional, villainous Earl of Wessex, played by Colin Firth . There is also a fictional Earl of Wessex in Geoffrey Trease s novel Bows Against the Barons . Sir Edward, Lord Wessex is a character ... 2004 ISBN 1 85285 389 1 British royal titles Category Earldoms Wessex Category Earls of Wessex de Earl of Wessex fr Comte de Wessex ko he hu Wessex gr fja nl Graaf van Wessex ja no Jarl av Wessex pl Hrabia Wessex pt Conde de Wessex ru ... more details
infobox royalty name Cynric title King of Wessex reign 534 560 death date 560 predecessor Cerdic successor Ceawlin of Wessex Ceawlin father Cerdic issue Ceawlin of Wessex Ceawlin br Cutha or Cuthwulf ref According to the Online DNB article on Ceol , he was the son of Cutha probably Cuthwulf and grandson of Cynric ref Cynric was King of Wessex from 534 to 560. Everything known about him comes from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle . There he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic of Wessex Cerdic , and also in the regnal list in the preface to have been the son of Cerdic s son, Creoda of Wessex Creoda . During his reign it is said that he captured Searobyrig or Old Sarum , near Salisbury, England Salisbury , in 552, and that in 556 he and his son Ceawlin of Wessex Ceawlin won a battle against the Britons historic Britons at Beranburh, now identified as Barbury Castle . ref Myres, p. 162 ref If these dates are accurate, then it is unlikely that the earlier entries in the chronicle, starting with his arrival in Great Britain Britain with his father Cerdic in 495, are correct. David Dumville has suggested that his true regnal dates are 554 581. Etymology The name Cynric has a straightforward Old English etymology meaning kin ruler. However, as both his predecessor, Cerdic, and successor, Ceawlin, might have Celtic names, an alternative etymology has been postulated from Cunorix which would ..., 1989 The English Settlements , Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192822357 See also House of Wessex family tree s start s reg succession box before Cerdic of Wessex Cerdic title List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex years 534 560 after Ceawlin of Wessex s end Kings of Wessex DEFAULTSORT Cynric Of Wessex ... English people England bio stub UK royal stub br Cynric Wessex de Cynric el es Cynric de Wessex eo Cynric Wessex fa fr Cynric de Wessex it Cynric del Wessex hu Cynric wessexi kir ly ja no Cynric av Wessex pt Cynric de Wessex ru ... more details
Infobox Company company name Wessex Water company logo Image Wessex water.png company type Private company Private foundation 1973 location Bath, Somerset num employees 2,000 parent YTL Corporation industry Water supply and Wastewater sewerage services homepage URL http www.wessexwater.co.uk Wessex Water Services Limited , known as Wessex Water , is a water supply and sewerage utility company serving ... about threecol.aspx?id 72 title What we do publisher Wessex Water accessdate 13 November 2010 ref Wessex Water supplies 1.3 million people with around 285 million litres of water a day .... ref Wessex Water website http www.wessexwater.co.uk about threecol.aspx?id 1666&linkidentifier id&itemid 1666 ref Wessex Water is owned by the Malaysia n power company YTL Corporation . ref cite web url http www.independent.co.uk news business news malaysian energy group ytl buys wessex water for pound12bn 655509.html title Malaysian energy group YTL buys Wessex Water for 1.2bn publisher ... company, in 1998. History File Wessex Water HQ.JPG thumb Headquarters building in Bath The company originated as the Wessex Water Authority, one of ten regional water authorities established by the Water Act 1973. Privatised, in 1989, Wessex Water Services Limited was purchased by Enron in July 1998 for 2.4 billion. Following that company s collapse Wessex Water was sold to YTL Corporation YTL Power ... Happold . ref cite web url http www.burohappold.com BH PRJ BLD wessex water operations centre.aspx title Wessex Water Operations Centre publisher Buro Happold accessdate 13 November 2010 ref The water ... Wilts Water Board South Wilts Water Board Wessex Water Board West Somerset Water Board West Wilts Water ...&linkidentifier id&itemid 508 title Reservoirs and lakes publisher Wessex Water accessdate 19 November 2010 ref GENeco GENeco is part of the Wessex Water group of companies and operate sewage treatment ... es Wessex Water ... more details
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