Centwine (died after 685) was King of Wessex from c. 676 to 685 or 686, although he was perhaps not the only king of the West Saxons at the time. The Anglo-Saxon...
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remembered as the first Saxon patron of Sherborne Abbey, in Dorset; similarly, Centwine (676–685) is the first Saxon patron of Glastonbury Abbey, in Somerset....
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location which has not been certainly identified. Æscwine was succeeded by Centwine of Wessex. Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Book IV...
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same person as the king associated with Cynegils. It is said that King Centwine was a son of Cynegils, but there is strong circumstantial evidence that...
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brother Centwine of Wessex. Centwine is known to have fought and won battles against the Britons, but the details have not survived. Centwine was succeeded...
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from 676–685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh, Seaxburh and Centwine. Coenwulf and Ceolwulf I of Mercia are also claimed to be descendants of...
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often came into conflict with the expanding English kingdom of Wessex. Centwine of Wessex "drove the Britons as far as the sea" in 682, and by 690 St Bonifice...
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be descended from Cenwalh, indeed no descendants of his are known. King Centwine is said to have been his brother, but Kirby notes the circumstantial evidence...
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Minster-in-Thanet (died 751), royal princess, the only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex in the 8th century of the Kent royal family...
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2 miles (3 km) west of Glastonbury, that dates back to the Bronze Age. Centwine was the first Saxon patron of Glastonbury Abbey, which dominated the town...
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Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury Beornstan of Winchester Beornwald of Bampton Centwine of Wessex Cuthburh of Wimborn Cwenburh of Wimborne Dunstan of Canterbury...
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and forcing the Anglo-Saxons to withdraw south of the River Forth. King Centwine of Wessex dies after a 9-year reign and is succeeded by his distant cousin...
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Ealdfriht King of Northumbria ?-704 r.685–704 Cuthburh ?-718 Ingild 660-718 ? Centwine Eanwulf Æthelbald King of Mercia ?-757 r.716–757 Wulfhere King of Mercia...
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remote descent from Cynric. 674 to 676 Æscwine Son of Cenfus. 676 to 685 Centwine Traditionally son of Cynegils, but this is disputed. Deposed by Cædwalla...
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Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury Beornstan of Winchester Beornwald of Bampton Centwine of Wessex Cuthburh of Wimborn Cwenburh of Wimborne Dunstan of Canterbury...
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founded in Ine's reign by Ine's kinswoman, Bugga, the daughter of King Centwine, and by Ine's sister Cuthburh, who founded the abbey of Wimborne at some...
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Cissa was reported as the viceroy of king Centwine of Wessex (reigned c. 676–686). Cissa is sometimes said to have himself been a king of Wessex, but does...
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Æthelred Merewalh Alweo Osmod Cundwalh Coenred Ceolred Ceolwald Æthelbald Eanulf Centwine Thingfrith Cynreow Offa Bassa Ecgfrith Cuthberht Coenwulf Ceolwulf...
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Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury Beornstan of Winchester Beornwald of Bampton Centwine of Wessex Cuthburh of Wimborn Cwenburh of Wimborne Dunstan of Canterbury...
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King Æscwine of Wessex dies after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by Centwine, son of the late king Cynegils. He reasserts the power of his Anglo-Saxon...
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(including his protégé, the young Bede). The West Saxons, led by King Centwine, drive the Britons of Dumnonia (West Country) to the sea (possibly around...
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kingdom, because he abandoned his [= Penda's] sister.) 682: This year also, Centwine chased the Britons into the sea. 710: (... and in the same year ealdorman...
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Wessex becomes overly ambitious in a power-struggle with his rival, King Centwine, for Wessex overlordship. He is banished into the forests of Chiltern and...
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Cynegils 611–42 611–42 Cenwealh 642–73 642–73 Seaxburh 673–74 673–74 Æscwine 674–76 674–76 Centwine 676–85 676–85 Ceadwalla 685–88 685–88 Ine 688–726 688–726...
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charter for West Monkton was given to Glastonbury Abbey by the Saxon king Centwine in 682. The monks from the abbey gave the village its name Monkton, and...
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raiding. The next abbess after St Mildred was St Edburga daughter of King Centwine of the West Saxons. The third known abbess was Sigeburh, who was active...
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area remained under Romano-British Celtic control until 681–685 AD, when Centwine of Wessex pushed west from the River Parrett, conquered the Welsh King...
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Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury Beornstan of Winchester Beornwald of Bampton Centwine of Wessex Cuthburh of Wimborn Cwenburh of Wimborne Dunstan of Canterbury...
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Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury Beornstan of Winchester Beornwald of Bampton Centwine of Wessex Cuthburh of Wimborn Cwenburh of Wimborne Dunstan of Canterbury...
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defeated and the kingdom reunited, probably by Cædwalla but possibly by Centwine. A decade after Wulfhere's death, the West Saxons under Cædwalla began...
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