Cynegils (Old English pronunciation: [ˈkynejiɫs]) was King of Wessex from c. 611 to c. 642. Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex...

Cynegils baptised by Bishop Birinus. He was also the great-great-grandson of Cerdic. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers several ancestries for Cynegils...

who comprised the West Saxons. It is not certain whether his successor, Cynegils, was his son or the son of his older brother Ceol. House of Wessex family...

while the Genealogical Regnal List declares Ceolwulf to be his brother, Cynegils is merely the 'son of Ceolwulf's brother', perhaps implying some uncertainty...

The Chronicle's version of his ancestry makes Centwine a son of King Cynegils, and thus a brother of King Cenwalh and maybe of Cwichelm, King of the...

ordered by the West Saxon King Cwichelm, and does not mention Cynegils. In 628, Cynegils and Cwichelm fought King Penda at Cirencester. The Chronicle could...

who was succeeded in his turn in about 617 by Cynegils of Wessex. The genealogies do not agree on Cynegils' pedigree: his father is variously given as Ceola...

c. 626 to 636 Cwichelm Co-ruler with Cynegils, perhaps his son of this name. 643 to 645 Cenwalh Son of Cynegils. Possibly Celtic, Brythonic, name; Deposed...

Northumbria and Cynegils of Wessex. Edwin's forces occupied Win Hill, while Cynegils' men camped on Lose Hill. As the battle progressed, Cynegils' forces advanced...

West Saxons: he stood as sponsor to the baptism of their king, Cynegils, and married Cynegils' daughter. Her name is reported by only one source, Reginald...

Wessex predominantly ruled from Winchester (Wintan-ceastre). Going back to Cynegils, several kings and consorts of the dynasty were buried at the cathedral...

(predecessors of the West Saxons), under Kings Cynegils and Cwichelm. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (A) states: 628. Here Cynegils and Cwichelm fought against Penda at...

Northumbria and Cynegils of Wessex. Edwin's forces occupied Win Hill, while Cynegils' men camped on Lose Hill. As the battle progressed, Cynegils' forces advanced...

West Saxons under Cynegils, who has tried to thwart the growing strength of Edwin by having him assassinated. Edwin obliges Cynegils to acknowledge Northumbria's...

succeeded by Grimoald the Elder, the eldest son of Pepin of Landen. King Cynegils of Wessex dies after a 32-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Cenwalh...

history whose date can be regarded as reasonably certain is the baptism of Cynegils, which occurred in the late 630s, perhaps as late as 640. The Chronicle...

West Saxons. In 635, he persuaded the West Saxon king Cynegils to allow him to preach. Cynegils was trying to create an alliance with Oswald of Northumbria...

gīsl = "hostage" in many old Germanic personal names, such as Ēadgils, Cynegils, Gīslheard, and Gīslbeorht. This has been imported into placenames derived...

Birinus converted the Gewisse to Christianity in 636 by baptising their king Cynegils and establishing the Diocese of Dorchester. The Gewisse killed the three...

ruined by defeat and corruption, offers only half-hearted opposition. Cynegils becomes king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, after the death of his uncle...

the West Saxons" and converted Wessex, whose first Christian king was Cynegils. The West Saxons begin to emerge from obscurity only with their conversion...

destroyed (Bede, Hist. Eccl. ii. c. 5). This battle was fought against Cynegils and Cwichelm of Wessex, the West Saxon kings who invaded their territory...

Birinus to convert the Saxons of the Thames Valley to Christianity. King Cynegils of Wessex gave Dorchester to Birinus as the seat of a new Diocese of Dorchester...

Northumbria (northern England). Birinus, Frankish missionary, converts King Cynegils of Wessex and becomes the first Bishop of Dorchester. Benedict II, pope...

The window depicts Cynegils King of Wessex's baptism, witnessed by King Oswald of Northumbria and two of the daughters of Cynegils. The baptism established...

Æthelberht of Kent before 601 (see Gregorian mission) Cenwalh of Wessex Cynegils of Wessex Sigeberht of East Anglia Riderch I of Alt Clut Peada of Mercia...

after a 2-year reign, and is succeeded by Centwine, son of the late king Cynegils. He reasserts the power of his Anglo-Saxon kingdom over the Welsh. Emperor...

Winchester Cathedral, providing the clergy for the church. Cenwealh son of Cynegils is credited with constructing the Old Minster of Winchester in the 640s...

full statement of pedigree. The List also notes that its sixth ruler, Cynegils, was the first of the West-Saxon kings to receive baptism.: 22–23  As edited...

that he desired to be buried in Winchester Cathedral Jane Austen (1817) Cynegils, King of Wessex (611–643) Cenwalh, King of Wessex (643–672) Egbert of Wessex...