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Personal data Cynric van Wessex 

  • He was born in the year 495.
  • (Levens event) .Source 1
    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, and also (in the regnal list in the preface) to have been the son of Cerdic's son, Creoda. During his reign it is said that the Saxons expanded into Wiltshire against strong resistance and captured Searobyrig or Old Sarum, near Salisbury, in 552. In 556 he and his son Ceawlin won a battle against the Britons at Beranburh, now identified as Barbury Castle.[2] If these dates are accurate, then it is unlikely that the earlier entries in the chronicle, starting with his arrival in 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 mean "hound-king" in Old British (rendered as Cinir in Old Welsh, Kynyr in Middle Welsh).[3] In 1967 a stone was found at Wroxeter in a Sub-Roman context (dating to c. 460 - 475 AD[4]) with the inscription CUNORIX MACUS MAQVI COLINE, which translates as "Cunorix ('Hound-king') son of Maqui-Coline ('Son-of-Holly'), both of which are regarded as Irish personal names
  • He died in the year 560, he was 65 years old.
  • A child of Cerdic van Wessex
  • This information was last updated on December 26, 2012.

Household of Cynric van Wessex


Child(ren):

  2. Ceawlin van Wessex  535-593 
  3. Cutha van Wessex  540-584 

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Cynric van Wessex
495-560



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Cenfus van Wessex
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Ceawlin van Wessex
535-593
Cutha van Wessex
540-584

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    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric_of_Wessex

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