Cerdic of Wessex 
Cerdic of was born about 0467 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany). Cerdic of's father was UNKNOWN Elesa. His paternal grandfather is UNKNOWN Elsa. He had a sister named Daughter of. He was the older of the two children. He died in 0534 in Wessex, England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> 1st King of West /Saxons/
According to UK genealogist, Brian Tompsett: "AKA 1st King of West
Saxons. Crowned at Winchester 532. Some say he ascended in 519."
According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: " Founder of the West Saxon
kingdom, or Wessex. All the sovereigns of England except Canute,
Hardecanute, the two Harolds, and William the Conqueror are said to be
descended from him. A Continental ealdorman who in 495 landed in
Hampshire, Cerdic was attacked at once by the Britons. Nothing more is
heard of him until 508, when he defeated the Britons with great
slaughter. Strengthened by fresh arrivals of Saxons, he gained another
victory in 519 at Certicesford, a spot which has been identified with the
modern Charford, and in this year took the title of king. Turing
westward, Cerdic appears to have been defeated by the Britons in 520 at
Badbury or Mount Badon, in Dorset, and in 527 yet another fight with the
Britons is recorded. His last work was the conquest of the Isle of
Wight, probably in the interest of some Jutish allies."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0327 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany)
- b.~ 0355 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany)
- b.~ 0383 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany)
- b.~ 0411 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany)
- b.~ 0439 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany) d.> 0467 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany)
- b.~ 0467 in Ancient Saxony (Northern Germany) d.0534 in Wessex, England
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He had a biological son named Creoda of.
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