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Ceawlin Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0547 | | Death Date | 0593 | | Father | Cynric king of Wessex | Born: 0525 | Died: 0560 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Ceawlin
Notes: | Ceawlin (also spelled "Ceaulin" or "Caelin") (died c. 593) was a Brythonic king of Wessex, in what is now southwestern England. He may have been the son of Cynric of Wessex, and the grandson of Cerdic of Wessex, who is recorded in early sources as the leader of the first group of West Saxons to come to England. Ceawlin was active at a time when the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England was being completed; by the time he died, little of southern England remained in the hands of the native Britons. An early source, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, records several battles of his, from 556 to 592, including the first record of a battle between different groups of Anglo-Saxons. The chronology of his life is highly uncertain: his reign is variously listed as lasting seven, seventeen, or thirty-two years, and the historical accuracy and dating of many of the events in the Chronicle have been called into question. However, it appears that under Ceawlin Wessex acquired significant territory, though some was later lost to other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Ceawlin is also named as one of the eight "bretwaldas": this was a name given in the Chronicle to eight rulers who had overlordship over southern Britain, though the actual extent of Ceawlin’s control is not known. Ceawlin died in 593, having been deposed the year before, possibly by his successor, Ceol. He is recorded in various sources as having two sons, Cutha and Cuthwine, but the genealogies in which this information is found are known to be unreliable.
| | | 1 | Children | Birth Death | Mother | Spouse | Grand Children | 1  | Cuthwine | b.0545 Wessex, England
d.0581 Barbary Hill, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Died at the Battle of Barbery Hill) | | | |
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