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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...