Infobox royalty type monarch name Cynewulf succession King of Wessex reign 757 786 predecessor Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht successor Beorhtric of Wessex Beorhtric house House of Wessex birth place Wessex ... Cynewulf meaning kin wolf was the List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex from 757 until his death in 786. Cynewulf became king after his predecessor, Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht , was deposed .... Cynewulf took the opportunity to assert the independence of Wessex about 758, he took Berkshire from the Mercians. Cynewulf was also often at war with the Wales Welsh . In 779, Cynewulf was defeated ... London . Despite this defeat, there is no evidence to suggest Cynewulf subsequently became subject to Offa as his successor, Beorhtric of Wessex Beorhtric , did . In 786 Cynewulf was surprised and killed ... Cynewulf king House of Wessex family tree References reflist S start S reg Succession box before Sigeberht ... . NAME Cynewulf Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Wessex, England DATE OF DEATH 786 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cynewulf Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs ... Wessex cs Cynewulf z Wessexu de Cynewulf von Wessex es Cynewulf de Wessex eo CynewulfWessex fa fr Cynewulf de Wessex it Cynewulf del Wessex hu Cynewulf wessexi kir ly nl Cynewulf van Wessex pl Cynewulf kr l Wessexu ru sh Cynewulf od Wessexa ... story and not accurate in its details. The murder of Cynewulf was also considered to have ... of Cynewulf and Cyneheard in The Anglo Saxon Chronicle wikisource Bright s Anglo Saxon Reader Cynewulf ... Cynewulf, with the consent of the West Saxon council, deprived Sebright, his relative, for unrighteous ... the longest with him. Then Cynewulf drove him to the forest of Andred, where he remained, until a swain stabbed him at Privett river, and revenged the alderman, Cumbra. The same Cynewulf fought many ... life was spared, though he was often wounded. This same Cynewulf reigned one and thirty winters ... more details
Other uses Cynewulf is one of twelve Citation needed date February 2012 Anglo Saxon literature Anglo ... II poem Christ II also referred to as The Ascension . The four signed poems of Cynewulf are vast ... were primarily late West Saxon in their scribal translations, it is most probable that Cynewulf .... ref Gradon 1958, pp. 9 14 and Woolf 1955, pp. 2 4 ref Any definite conclusion to Cynewulf being either ... e in the signed Cynewulf would have, during the broad window period of Cynewulf s existence, been ..., no exact deduction of Cynewulf s date is accepted, but it is likely he flourished in the 9th century in poetry ninth century . A firm terminus ante quem that can be put on the date of Cynewulf are the dates ... an Alfred ian scribe initially translated Cynewulf s verse, placing him no later than ... textual variations of Cynewulf s name, Cynewulf and Cynwulf. The older spelling of the name was Cyniwulf ... century, and the general use of the i phases itself out by the end of the century, suggesting Cynewulf ... that the cult of the cross, which can find ground in Cynewulf s Elene, achieved its cultural apex ... is the argument that the acrostic was most fashionable in ninth century poetry and Cynewulf s own ... Identity Cynewulf was without question a literate and educated man, since there is no other way we can ... would correlate with him being a man of the Church. Cynewulf as an Anglo Saxon given name literally meaning kin wulf is well attested. Cynewulf of Lindisfarne d. c. 780 is a plausible candidate for Cynewulf the poet, based no the argument that the poet s elaborate religious pieces must lend ... Das and Claes Schaar, Year needed date February 2012 mainstream scholarship tends to imit Cynewulf s canon ... holds Cynewulf s Juliana poem Juliana and Christ II The Ascension and the Vercelli Book his Elene ... pieces to Cynewulf on the basis that these pieces somewhat resembled the style of his signed poems. ref See Cook 1900 ref It was at one time plausible to believe that Cynewulf was author of the Riddles ... more details
Cynewulf may refer to Cynewulf 8th century , Anglo Saxon poet Cynewulf of Lindisfarne died 783 , Bishop of Lindisfarne from 740 to 780 Cynewulf of Wessex died 786 , King of Wessex from 757 to 786 disambig de Cynewulf Begriffskl rung fr Cynewulf homonymie nl Cynewulf ... more details
Infobox Christian leader type Bishop name Cynewulf of Lindisfarne title Bishop of Lindisfarne image alt caption church Catholic archdiocese diocese see Diocese of Lindisfarne term 740 780 predecessor thelwald of Lindisfarne thelwald successor Higbald of Lindisfarne Higbald Orders ordination ordinated by consecration consecrated by rank Personal details birth date birth place death date 783 death place previous post Cynewulf of Lindisfarne was the Bishop of Lindisfarne from 740 to 780. He resigned the see in 780 and died in 783. ref name Powicke238 Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 238 ref It is possible that he was also the Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon poet Cynewulf . In 750 Cynewulf was imprisoned by Eadberht of Northumbria ref name Kirby126 Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 126 ref for giving sanctuary to Prince Offa during a dynastic clash. Notes reflist References cite book author Kirby, D. P. title The Earliest English Kings publisher Routledge location New York year 2000 isbn 0 415 24211 8 Maurice Powicke Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London Royal Historical Society 1961 External links http www.newadvent.org cathen 04581d.htm Catholic Encyclopedia highlighting the possible link with the poet Cynewulf http www.pase.ac.uk jsp DisplayPerson.jsp?personKey 7227 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Cynewulf s start s rel s bef before thelwald of Lindisfarne thelwald s ttl title Bishop of Lindisfarne years 740 780 s aft after Higbald of Lindisfarne Higbald s end Bishops of Lindisfarne Persondata NAME Cynewulf ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lindisfarne DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 783 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cynewulf Category 780 deaths Category Roman Catholic monks Category Bishops of Lindisfarne Category 8th century bishops England bishop stub de Cynewulf von Lindisfarne ... 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 WessexCynewulf 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 WessexCynewulf . 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 WessexCynewulf 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
before Cynewulf of WessexCynewulf title King of Wessex years 786&ndash 802 after Egbert of Wessex Egbert s end Kings of Wessex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beorhtric Of Wessex ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Wessex DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Wessex , England DATE OF DEATH 802 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beorhtric Of Wessex Category West Saxon monarchs Category ...Infobox royalty type monarch name Beorhtric succession King of Wessex image reign 786 802 predecessor Cynewulf of WessexCynewulf successor Egbert of Wessex Egbert house House of Wessex birth place Wessex , England death date death date 802 death place place of burial Wareham, Dorset Wareham consort Eadburh, daughter of Offa, king of Mercia refimprove date June 2010 File Beorhtric coin1.png thumb Coin of Beorhtric, probably minted at Winchester c. 795 File Beorhtric coin2.png thumb Coin of Beorhtric Beorhtric also Brihtric meaning Magnificent ruler was the List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex from 786 to 802. In 786, Cynewulf, king of Wessex , was killed by the exiled noble Cyneheard the Atheling Cyneheard , brother of the former King Sigeberht of Wessex Sigeberht . Beorhtric s successful bid for the throne was supported by Offa of Mercia Offa , king of the Mercians against Egbert of Wessex Egbert . It is not entirely clear why Offa intervened in Beorhtric s favour, though it seems likely that the opportunity to influence West Saxon politics, and thus preserve the Mercian Ascendancy ... . Land that had traditionally been on the borders of Mercian and Wessex were administered by the Mercian ... page 65 ref See also House of Wessex family tree References references External links commons ... people br Beorhtric Wessex cs Beorhtric de Beorhtric es Beorhtric eo Beorhtric fa fr Beorhtric de Wessex fy Beortrik fan Wesseks it Beorhtric del Wessex nl Beorhtric pt Beorhtric de Wessex ru sh Beorhtric od Wessexa ... more details
half of the eighth century. The relationship between Offa and Cynewulf of WessexCynewulf , who was king of Wessex from 757 to 786, is not well documented, but it seems likely that Cynewulf maintained ... that the young Egbert fled to Wessex in 785 or so it is suggestive that the Chronicle mentions in a later entry that Beorhtric of Wessex Beorhtric , Cynewulf s successor, helped Offa to exile Egbert ... , a late 13th century manuscript in the British Library succession King of Wessex reign 802 839 predecessor Beorhtric of Wessex Beorhtric successor thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf succession1 King of Kent reign1 825 839 predecessor1 Baldred of Kent Baldred successor1 thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf consort yes spouse issue thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf, King of Wessex birth date 769 or 771 death date 839 aged 68 or 70 death place place of burial Winchester house House of Wessex father Ealhmund of Kent Egbert also spelled Ecgberht , Ecgbert or Ecgbriht 769 or 771 839 was King of Wessex from 802 ... by Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex , but on Beorhtric s death in 802 Egbert returned and took ... to maintain Wessex s independence against the kingdom of Mercia , which at that time dominated ... regained the throne of Mercia. However, Wessex did retain control of Kent, Sussex and Surrey these territories were given to Egbert s son thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf to rule as a subking under ... into the kingdom of Wessex after thelwulf s death in 858. Family The earliest version of the Anglo ... unknown Eoppa and Eafa to Ingild, brother of King Ine of Wessex , who abdicated the throne in 726. It continues back to Cerdic of Wessex Cerdic , founder of the House of Wessex . ref Garmonsway ... , in Campbell et al., The Anglo Saxons , pp. 95 98 ref Cynewulf appears as King of the West Saxons ... Cynewulf was not his own master, and he is not known to have acknowledged Offa as overlord. ref name ... in the margin, this king Ealhmund was Egbert s father i.e. Egbert of Wessex , Egbert was thelwulf ... 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
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
Infobox royalty type monarch name Ine succession King of Wessex reign 688&ndash 726 predecessor C dwalla of Wessex C dwalla successor thelheard of Wessex thelheard house House of Wessex queen thelburg of Wessex father Cenred of Wessex Cenred death date after 726 death place Rome , Italy Ine was List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex from 688 to 726. He was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecessor, C dwalla of Wessex C dwalla , who had brought much of southern England under ... Wessex s territory in the western peninsula. Ine is noted for his code of laws Ine s laws ... by thelheard of Wessex thelheard . Genealogy and accession Early sources agree that Ine was the son of Cenred of Wessex Cenred , and that Cenred was the son of Ceolwald of Wessex Ceolwald further ... , p. 143. ref and Ine himself was married to thelburg of Wessex thelburg . ref name Swanton 42 Bede ... Price s translation, p. 276. ref The genealogy of Ine and of the kings of Wessex is known from two ... incorporated short genealogies of kings of Wessex. These are often at variance with the more extensive ... of later chroniclers to demonstrate that each king on the list was descended from Cerdic of Wessex Cerdic ... Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms , pp. 142&ndash 143. ref Ine s predecessor on the throne of Wessex was C dwalla of Wessex C dwalla , but there is some uncertainty about the transition from C dwalla to Ine ... for joint kingships, and stronger evidence of subkings reigning under a dominant ruler in Wessex ... , p. 122. ref and there is also a surviving land grant that indicates Cenred was still reigning in Wessex ... to the kingdom of Mercia before Ine s accession. To the west, Ceawlin of Wessex is known to have reached ... kingdom, passed between Kent, Mercia, Essex, and Wessex in the years before Ine s reign. Essex ... records that Ine slew one Cynewulf, of whom nothing else is known, though his name suggests a connection to the Wessex royal line. A quarrel apparently arose in the royal family soon afterwards ... 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
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, K.H. 1968 A Late Inscription from Wroxeter , The Antiquaries Journal 48, part 2 296 300. ref ... of a sub house of the House of Wessex which would rule Wessex from 591 645, 648 674 and from 676 ... 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
. 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
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