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Centwine (died
after 685) was King of Wes**** from c. 676 to 685 or 686,
although he was
perhaps not the only king of the West
Saxons at the time. The Anglo-Saxon...
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remembered as the
first Saxon patron of
Sherborne Abbey, in Dorset; similarly,
Centwine (676–685) is the
first Saxon patron of
Glastonbury Abbey, in Somerset....
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location which has not been
certainly identified. Æscwine was
succeeded by
Centwine of Wes****. Bede,
Ecclesiastical History of the
English People, Book IV...
- same
person as the king ****ociated with Cynegils. It is said that King
Centwine was a son of Cynegils, but
there is
strong cir****stantial
evidence that...
- from 676–685,
comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh,
Seaxburh and
Centwine.
Coenwulf and
Ceolwulf I of
Mercia are also
claimed to be
descendants of...
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brother Centwine of Wes****.
Centwine is
known to have
fought and won
battles against the Britons, but the
details have not survived.
Centwine was succeeded...
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often came into
conflict with the
expanding English kingdom of Wes****.
Centwine of Wes**** "drove the
Britons as far as the sea" in 682, and by 690 St Bonifice...
- be
descended from Cenwalh,
indeed no
descendants of his are known. King
Centwine is said to have been his brother, but
Kirby notes the cir****stantial evidence...
- Minster-in-Thanet (died 751),
royal princess, the only
daughter of King
Centwine and
Queen Engyth of Wes**** in the 8th
century of the Kent
royal family...
- 2
miles (3 km) west of Glastonbury, that
dates back to the
Bronze Age.
Centwine was the
first Saxon patron of
Glastonbury Abbey,
which dominated the town...
