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- Aescwine or Escwine or Æscwine is an Anglo-Saxon name, whose modern descendant is Ashwin. It translates literally as "ash-tree friend", but can mean a...
- Æscwine was a King of Wes**** from about 674 to 676, but was probably not the only king in Wes**** at the time. Bede writes that after the death of King...
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that Centwine became king c. 676, succeeding Æscwine. Bede states that after the death of King Cenwalh: "his under-rulers took...
- Æscwine or Erkenwine (died 587) is listed in some Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies as the first king of Es**** and father of Sledd. Most sources list Sledd...
- to the throne, as illegitimate. Seaxburh was succeeded in about 674 by Æscwine, a descendant of Cenwalh's great-uncle Ceolwulf of Wes****. House of Wes****...
- possibly of the late 9th century, makes him a son and successor of King Æscwine. The post-Conquest historians Henry of Huntingdon (Historia Anglorum),...
- kingdom. The first recorded king, according to the East Saxon King List, was Æscwine, to which a date of 527 is given for the start of his reign, although there...
- his widow, Seaxburh, held the throne for a year; she was followed by Æscwine, who was apparently descended from another brother of Ceawlin. This was...
- Originally he was the first ancestor listed, with the first king of Es****, Æscwine, seven generations later. A later version of the genealogy, preserved in...
- Perhaps reigned between Seaxburh and his son Æscwine. Given a remote descent from Cynric. 674 to 676 Æscwine Son of Cenfus. 676 to 685 Centwine Traditionally...