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Cynric (/ˈkɪnˌrɪtʃ/) was King of Wes**** from 534 to 560.
Everything known about him
comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. There, he is
stated to have been...
- Celin, died ca. 593) was a King of Wes****. He may have been the son of
Cynric of Wes**** and the
grandson of
Cerdic of Wes****, whom the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
- met by Germ**** of Auxerre. J. N. L.
Myres noted that when
Cerdic and
Cynric first appear in the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle in s.a. 495 they are described...
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Chronicle supplies a genealogy,
making him a fifth-generation
descendant of
Cynric. Bede's
dismissal of Æscwine as a mere sub-king may
represent the views...
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knights whittle the
Saxon army.
Guinevere engages Cynric, who
overwhelms her.
Lancelot aids her and
kills Cynric but is
fatally wounded.
Cerdic kills Tristan...
- confused; and it
states Cynric as son of
Creoda son of Cerdic,
whereas the
Chronicle annals go to some
length to
present Cerdic and
Cynric as a father-and-son...
- and
father to
Cynric. However, the main
annalistic section of the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle omits any
mention of Creoda, and
describes Cynric as the son of...
- not last long. Cuthred's
reign was a
troubled time. In 748, the Ætheling
Cynric, son of Cuthred,
attempted to
depose his
father but he was killed. According...
- in 886. The Anglo-Saxons
believed that Wes**** was
founded by
Cerdic and
Cynric of the Gewisse,
though this is
considered by some to be a legend. The two...
- unknown,
perhaps making him the
first King of Wes**** not to be
descended from
Cynric by blood. Some
sources identify him as the
brother of
Queen Æthelburg of...
