Cerdic Cerdic, King Of Wessex

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• Name	Cerdic Cerdic   [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	King Of Wessex
  Gender	Male
  _MARRIED (I)	N
  Death	534
  Person ID	I16426	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Elesa
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Creoda SON OF CERDIC  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Cerdic was a Saon Earldorman. In 495 he founded a new settlement on the coast of Hampshire, England. He took the title of King of Wessex or King of the West Saxons in 519. In that year he and his son Cynric attacked the Britons with fivs, namely at Charford. The West Saxons have reigned England from that day. He is the ancestor of the English Royal line. In 530 they conquered the Isle of Wight. He died in 534 as the first King of the Wessex. (C-437)

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] Albert F. Schmuhl The Royal Lines. [S1388] Stevens, Luke, Stevens, Luke, Line of Adam. [S202] Robert Jesse Harry, The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton.