9691 Individuals in our Database | | | KING OF WESSEX Cynric Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 0525 | Death Date | 0560 | Father | Crioda king of West Saxons CREODA OF THE GEWISSAE | Born: 0493 | Died: 0534 | Mother | | Born: | | | Cynric Notes: | 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 the son of Cerdic, who is considered the founder of the kingdom of Wessex.[2] However, the Anglian King-list and parts of the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List (which may partly derive from the Anglian King-list and was a source for the Chronicle), instead says that Cynric was the son of Cerdics son Creoda.[3] Similarly, the paternal genealogy of Alfred the Great given in Assers The Life of King Alfred, includes the name Creoda, while the account of the kings maternal ancestry in the same work calls Cynric son of Cerdic
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