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    Cerdic (/ˈtʃɜːrdɪtʃ/ CHER-ditch; Latin: Cerdicus) is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a leader of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, being...
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    Anglo-Saxons 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...
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  • the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. There, he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic, who is considered the founder of the kingdom of Wessex. However, the Anglian...
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  • addition: a pedigree for King Ine of Wessex that traces his ancestry from Cerdic, the semi-legendary founder of the Wessex state, and hence from Woden. This...
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    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 pair who...
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  • The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, the House of the West Saxons, the House of the Gewisse, the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty...
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  • Saxon Genealogical Regnal List, where he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic and father to Cynric. However, the main annalistic section of the Anglo-Saxon...
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  • This is the family tree of the British royal family, from James I (who united the crowns of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, Charles III....
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  • leaders Cerdic and Cynric in Britain (in Hampshire) in 495. According to the Chronicle Cynric succeeded Cerdic as king of Wessex in 534 (Cerdic was the...
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    (c. 1052 - 1125 or after) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex. He was elected King of England by the Witan in 1066 but never...
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    Wessex. He may have been the son of Cynric of Wessex and the grandson of Cerdic of Wessex, whom the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle represents as the leader of the...
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    before) to project an image of dynastic stability. The List begins with Cerdic (claiming that he arrived in Wessex in 494) and extends to Alfred (r. 871–99)...
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  • Ceretic of Elmet (or Ceredig ap Gwallog) was the last king of Elmet, a Britonnic kingdom that existed in the West Yorkshire area of Northern England in...
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  • in 786. He ruled for about 29 years. He was a direct male descendant of Cerdic. Cynewulf became king after his predecessor, Sigeberht, was deposed. He...
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    to Cerdic was fabricated to legitimise his seizure of the West Saxon throne, and broadly whether Cerdic was a real person or if the story of Cerdic is...
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  • of Ingild, the brother of King Ine of Wessex, and descendant of founder Cerdic, and therefore a member of the House of Wessex (see House of Wessex family...
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  • Lancelot and Cerdic, another Saxon king who is Aelle's chief rival in eastern Britain. Lancelot explains that he has negotiated an alliance with Cerdic, which...
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  • Cynegils baptised by Bishop Birinus. He was also the great-great-grandson of Cerdic. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers several ancestries for Cynegils, and the...
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    unknown but the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle claims that he was descended from Cerdic. In 786, Cynewulf, the King of Wessex, was killed by Cyneheard, brother...
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    to Cerdic was fabricated to legitimise his seizure of the West Saxon throne, and broadly whether Cerdic was a real person or if the story of Cerdic is...
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    same period, so other scholars suggest that (due to similarities of names) Cerdic of Wessex was the Saxon leader during the battle. The A Text of the Annales...
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    to Cerdic, founder of the House of Wessex. Ecgberht's descent from Ingild was accepted by Frank Stenton, but not the earlier genealogy back to Cerdic. Heather...
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  • needed] The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Cerdic's clearing' or 'Cerdic's lea'. The incidence of Brittonic personal names in the royal...
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    As for several other members of the ruling house of Wessex (including Cerdic, Ceawlin and Caedwalla) a Celtic, rather than Germanic, etymology for Cynegils's...
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    Narrator Short Dogville Chuck 2004 Eiffeltornet Jakob Short King Arthur Cerdic Exorcist: The Beginning Father Lankester Merrin 2005 Dominion: Prequel to...
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    the sovereign. The Princess Royal's ancestry can be traced as far back as Cerdic, King of Wessex (519–534). Riding Through My Life, Pelham Books, 1991, ISBN 978-0720719611...
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    at least on the pages of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, to the arrival of Cerdic of Wessex in AD 495, nearly a century after the withdrawal of the Western...
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    have British names: Cerdic, Ceawlin, Cenwalh." in: Hills, C., Origins of the English, Duckworth (2003), p. 105. Also "The names Cerdic, Ceawlin and Caedwalla...
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  • his kingdom. Geoffrey's legendary Keredic may have been a conflation of Cerdic, the traditional founder of Wessex, who, despite his political affiliation...
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    *Caraticos. This may indicate that Cerdic was a native Briton, and that his dynasty became anglicised over time. A number of Cerdic's alleged descendants also possessed...
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