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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...
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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...
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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****...
- 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...
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possibly of the late 9th century,
makes him a son and
successor of King
Æscwine. The post-Conquest
historians Henry of
Huntingdon (Historia Anglorum),...
- the
bishops in West Kent), and
ravage the
surrounding countryside. King
Æscwine of Wes**** dies
after a 2-year reign, and is
succeeded by Centwine, son...
- kingdom. The
first recorded king,
according to the East
Saxon King List, was
Æscwine of Es****, to
which a date of 527 is
given for the
start of his reign, although...
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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...
- 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...
