• Cynric (/ˈkɪnˌrɪtʃ/) 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...
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    Celin, 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...
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    met by Germanus of Auxerre. J. N. L. Myres noted that when Cerdic and Cynric first appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in s.a. 495 they are described...
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  • knights whittle the Saxon army. Guinevere engages Cynric, who overwhelms her. Lancelot aids her and kills Cynric but is fatally wounded. Cerdic kills Tristan...
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    confused; and it states Cynric as son of Creoda son of Cerdic, whereas the Chronicle annals go to some length to present Cerdic and Cynric as a father-and-son...
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  • and father to Cynric. However, the main annalistic section of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle omits any mention of Creoda, and describes Cynric as the son of...
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    in 886. The Anglo-Saxons believed that Wessex was founded by Cerdic and Cynric of the Gewisse, though this is considered by some to be a legend. The two...
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  • Chronicle supplies a genealogy, making him a fifth-generation descendant of Cynric. Bede's dismissal of Æscwine as a mere sub-king may represent the views...
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  • not last long. Cuthred's reign was a troubled time. In 748, the Ætheling Cynric, son of Cuthred, attempted to depose his father but he was killed. According...
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  • unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood. Some sources identify him as the brother of Queen Æthelburg of...
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  • (this according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Ceawlin succeeds his father Cynric as king of Wessex (approximate date). Custennin ap Cado abdicates as king...
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  • relationships.: 58  Ceol is portrayed as the son of Cutha (or Cuthwulf), the son of Cynric of Wessex. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he began his reign in...
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  • Ceolwulf was the son of Cutha (probably Cuthwulf) and the grandson of Cynric and succeeded his older brother Ceol. According to the Chronicle, he was...
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  • Chronicle entry for the year states: Her Cynric 7 Ceawlin fuhton wiþ Brettas æt Beranbyrg (This year Cynric and Ceawlin fought with the Britons at Beranbury)...
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    and thirty winters. Cynegils was the son of Ceol, Ceol of Cutha, Cutha of Cynric." Contradicting this simple account, the entry under 614 states that "This...
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    ships of Hengest and Horsa; three ships of Aella; five ships of Cerdic and Cynric; two ships of Port; three ships of Stuf and Wihtgar), drawn from preliterate...
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    Society for Army Historical Research, 82 (Winter 2004) pp 341–347 Williams, Cynric R. (1827). Hamel, the Obeah man (1st ed.). London: Hunt and Clarke. p. 279...
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    2004 In Enemy Hands Captain Jonas Herdt English Tony Giglio King Arthur Cynric English Antoine Fuqua Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 Rock Fertig Aus German...
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  • Kiss the Dead, as one of the were-tigers she had sex with in Skin Trade (Cynric) has moved to St. Louis to be with her, but is still only seventeen at the...
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  • Janine de St. Jehan, is the illegitimate child of the recently deceased King Cynric, who pronounced her heir to the throne, passing over three legitimate sons...
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  • choose between two playable characters, a male warrior Cynric and a sorceress Aeowin. Cynric is proficient with a wide range of melee weapons and has...
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    Romano-British forces of Arthur defeat those of the Saxon kings Cerdic and Cynric, at a heavy cost to Arthur. Battle of Camlann (Salisbury), King Arthur's...
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  • member of the House of Wessex and a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert. It is possible that Cenred ruled alongside his son Ine for a...
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    (Germany). For some time he exacts a tribute of 500 cows every year. King Cynric and his son Ceawlin of Wessex fight against the Britons at Beranburh, now...
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    Guest-inspired The Making of England claimed that Cuthwulf was the son of Cynric, portrayed by the Chronicle as the founder of the West-Saxon dynasty, and...
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    Britain by the History of the Britons traditionally ascribed to Nennius. Cynric, king of Wessex, captured the hill in 552. It remained part of Wessex thereafter: 1 ...
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  • non-historical founding myths. The Winchester (or Parker) Chronicle has "...Cynric, son of Cerdic, son of Elesa, son of Gewis, son of Wig, son of Freawine...
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  • Olwen, c. 11th century Cousin of Arthur's in early Welsh legend (King) Cynric of Wessex Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 9th century Second King of Wessex, son...
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    times. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions that Wihtgar, cousin of King Cynric of Wessex, died in AD 544, and was buried there. The Jutes may have taken...
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    bamboo. Battle of Asfeld: The Lombards under King Audoin defeat the Gepids. Cynric, king of Wessex, captures the fortress city of Old Sarum. The Roman Catholic...
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