Cerdic KING OF WEST SAXONS

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• Name	Cerdic KING OF WEST SAXONS
  Gender	Male
  Died	534
  Person ID	I6623	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Elesa of Saxony,   b. Abt 439, Ancient Saxony, Northern Germany
  Mother	of Saxony,   b. Abt 443, Ancient Saxony, Northern Germany
  Family ID	F26394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Cynric OF WESSEX,   d. 560
  Family ID	F25591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cerdic was the King of Wessex and the first king of the West Saxons. He was crowned at Winchester in 532. He was a Saxon earldorman who founded a settlement on the coast of Hampshire, England in 495, assumed the title of King of the West Saxons in 519, and became the ancestor of the English royal line.