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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cerdic of Wessex has received more than 1,019,184 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019) . Cerdic of Wessex is the 6,309th most popular politician (up from 6,432nd in 2019) , the 1,730th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,787th in ...
Most of what is known about Cynric and his father Cerdic comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. [c] According to the chronicle, Cerdic and Cynric, both chiefs, arrived in 495. Cerdices ora is the name of the place they landed and fought the Britons there on the same day. [6] In 519 they defeated Britons at Cerdices ford and took Wessex. [7]
Wessex. Wessex was an old Anglo-Saxon kingdom before England became one country. It was one of seven kingdoms in England. It was named after the West Saxons. It was in the south and southwest of England. Wessex was a kingdom from the 6th century until the English state was made in the 9th century. It was an earldom between 1016 and 1066.
Cerdic av Wessex, död 534, var en engelsk monark. Han var kung av Wessex 519–534. Referenser. a b Företrädare: Ingen Kung av Wessex: Efterträdare: Cynric av ...
Cuirtear síos ar 'Cerdic' sa Chroinic Angla-Shacsanach mar cheannaire ar lonnaíocht na nAngla-Shacsanach sa Bhreatain, agus é ina bhunaitheoir agus ina chéad rí ar Wessex na Sacsanach, a bhí i réim ó 519 go 534 AD. Maíonn an Chroinic go raibh gaol éigin ag ríthe Wessex ina dhiaidh sin le Cerdic.
He was a contemporary of Cerdic and Cynric, but ruled the Thames Valley Saxons, while they ruled the Hampshire Saxons. He is seen as the ancestor of the later kings: Ceawlin, Caedwalla and Ine. At some late date Creoda was inserted into the Cerdicing line as the son of Cerdic, when descent from Cerdic became necessary for any king of Wessex. [5]
The Anglo-Saxons. Cerdic was the first king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex who reigned from 519 to 534, and the ancestor of all the subsequent Anglo-Saxon Kings of England. The Anglo-Saxons were partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from Europe and settled the south and east of England at the beginning of the early fifth ...
