British History Online, Victoria County History, North Charford with South Charford, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which says he and his son arrived in Hampshire, at, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cerdic_of_Wessex&oldid=1012213604, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 March 2021, at 05:59. By some accounts he also reigned jointly (519–534) with his grandfather (or father? King Cerdic the first King of Wessex? Father of Crioda, king of West Saxons [15], J. N. L. Myres noted that when Cerdic and Cynric first appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in s.a. 495 they are described as ealdormen, which at that point in time was a fairly junior rank. I have read in one or two sources that Cerdic of Wessex - the ancestor to the British Royal Family - was the son of Elesa. From its humble beginnings through to the most powerful kingdom in the land, we trace its history from Cerdic, the founder of Wessex, through to his distant descendants Alfred the Great and Æthelstan who were responsible for defeating invading Viking hordes and uniting Anglo-Saxon England under a … Cerdic (/ ˈ tʃ ɜːr d ɪ tʃ /; Latin: Cerdicus) is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a leader of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, being the founder and first king of Saxon Wessex, reigning from 519 to 534 AD.Subsequent kings of Wessex were each claimed by the Chronicle to descend in some manner from Cerdic. Lifespan (c72… A Continental ealdorman who in 495 landed in Hampshire, Cerdic was attacked at once by the Britons. The euhemerizing treatment of Woden as the common ancestor of the royal houses is presumably a "late innovation" within the genealogical tradition which developed in the wake of the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons. Cerdic, king of the West Saxons worked as King of We... A.D. 508 . Ingild of Wessex (-718), royal prince and son of Cenred of Wessex 3. The misidentification of Eliseg, the father of Cerdic of Gwent, with Alesa, whom the "ASC" makes the father of Cerdic of Wessex, whom legend says was the brother of Aella of Sussex, the first Anglo-Saxon Bretwalda, wrongly connects the genealogy of the native British Wessex dynasty to the foreign Saxon conquerors of the Sussex royal house. If such a dominant native family as that of Cerdic had already developed blood-relationships with existing Saxon and Jutish settlers at this end of the Saxon Shore, it could very well be tempted, once effective Roman authority had faded, to go further. His father was Ealhmund of Kent.In the 780s Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish Empire by Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex, but on Beorhtric's death in 802 Ecgberht returned and took the throne. He died about 534 in Wessex, England. (See House of Wessexfamily tree). Roman Wiltshire and After. It is said that the legendary King Arthur must have fought against Cynric’s invading force. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Cerdic, along with his son Cynric, came to Britain in 495. Cynric 538 – 560 Son of Cerdic Fought many battles against the Britons. They show that lineage as follows: 1. A.D. 534 . Cerdic was allegedly the first King of Anglo-Saxon Wessex from 519 to 534, cited by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the founder of the Kingdom of Wessex and ancestor of all its subsequent kings. They were to be paid in land. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the earliest source for Cerdic, was put together in the late ninth century; though it probably does record the extant tradition of the founding of Wessex, the intervening 400 years mean that the account cannot be assumed to be accurate. Athelwulf, also spelled Æthelwulf or Ethelwulf (c. 795 –858) was a West Saxon nobleman.He conquered the territories of Kent, Sussex and Essex for his father in 825. Subsequent kings of Wessex all had some level of descent claimed in the Chronicle from Cerdic. Occupation: King: Managed by: Sally Gene Cole: Last Updated: yesterday [15] J.N.L. [8] [9] J.N.L. All the sovereigns of England except Canute, Hardecanute, the two Harolds, and William the Conqueror are said to be descended from him. Some scholars suggest that Cerdic was the Saxon leader defeated by the Britons at the Battle of Mount Badon, probably fought in 490 (and possibly later, but not later than 518). Ceawlin was a King of Wessex. Sisam, Kenneth, "Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies". ( from unknown date to death circa 530 Anglo Saxon Chronicles) The earliest reference to Cerdic as the 1st King of Wessex is made in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles (which were written much later in the 9th century.) Whether Cerdic was in command of this expedition, or whether Octha or Ebessa was, is not obvious. From that day have reigned the children of the West-Saxon kings. He is said to have fought a Brittonic king named Natanleod at Natanleaga and killed him 13 years later (in 508) and to have fought at Cerdicesleag in 519. [17], Cerdic's father Elesa has been identified by some scholars with the Romano-British Elasius, the "chief of the region", met by Germanus of Auxerre.[18][19]. 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