1564109 - King of Wessex, Ceawlin

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E23924]	547	of Wessex, England	5b 6b
Death [E23925]	593	(prob) in exile	2 4b 5c 6c
_FA1 [E23926]		Reigned 560-591, deposed by Ceolric.	2 3b 4c 5d 6d
_FA2 [E23927]		Gave the land on which Winchester Cathedral was built to the Church.	5e 6e
_FA3 [E23928]		One of the first “Bretwaldas” (overlords), had vague authority beyond Wessex.	5f 6f
_FA4 [E23929]	about 540	Re-opened war on the Britons after the 40 year peace after Mons Badonis.	3 5g 6g
_FA5 [E23930]		General Commander of the English in the war.	3 5h 6h
_FA6 [E23931]		Transformed Wessex from a struggling insignificant enclave to a powerful force.	3 5i 6i
_FA7 [E23932]	577	Conquered Gloucester, Cirencester & Bath at Battle of Derham.	3c 4d 5j 6j
_FA8 [E23933]		Conquered & established province known as Kingdom of Hwiccas.	3 5k 6k
_FA9 [E23934]		He effectively cut off the Britons of Wales from the Britons of Cornwall & Devon	3 5l 6l
_FA10 [E23935]	about 591	Returning to Wessex, Aethilbert of Kent met him & defeated him.	5m 6m
_FA11 [E23936]		The Kentish army was fresh & the Wessex troops were not.	3 5n 6n
_FA12 [E23937]		The victory reduced Wessex to an under-kingdom of Kent.	3 5o 6o
_FA13 [E23938]		Pope Gregory sent emissaries (560) to Kent & St. Columba came to the Picts (591)	4e 5p 6p

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date	Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father	King of Wessex, Cynric [I18805]	525	560
	King of Wessex, Ceawlin [I18644]	547	593

Families

Family of King of Wessex, Ceawlin [F7688]

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Atheling of Wessex, Cuthwine [I18624]	564	584

Narrative

Crowned in 560.[large-G675.FTW]

Reigned 560-591, deposed by Ceolric.
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Reigned 560-591, deposed by Ceolric.

Pedigree

King of Wessex, Cynric [I18805]
1. King of Wessex, Ceawlin
  1. 1. Atheling of Wessex, Cuthwine [I18624]

Ancestors

King of Wessex, Ceawlin
* 547
+ 593

King of Wessex, Cynric
* 525
+ 560

Atheling of Wessex, Creoda
* 493
+ ...

King of Wessex, Cerdic
* 467
+ 534

Source References

11615-2.ftw [S7587]
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Denis R. Reid: Royal Genealogies DB [S424129]
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    s of Cynric
G.P. Baker: Fighting Kings of Wessex [S422383]
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    son of Cynric (acc to A-S Chronicles) but Baker disputes this based on archaeological evidence (that Wessex conquered from the N, not the S as the A-S Chronicle tells it). Ergo, Ceawlin was either a Mercian or a Middle Angle.
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    Underttok the govt of Wessex in 560, reigned 30 winters
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Birth Name	King of Wessex, Ceawlin 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a
Gramps ID	I18644
Gender	male
Age at Death	46 years