He was the king of the West Saxons, 519-534, was a Saxon ealdorman who founded a settlement on the coast of Hampshir e, England, in 495, assumed the title of King of the West Saxo ns in 519 and became the ancestor of the English royal line. "A.D. 495 This year came two leaders into Britain, Cerdic and Cyn ric his son, with five ships...519. The year Cerdic and Cynric undertook the government of the West Saxons the same year t hat they fought with the Britons at a place called Charford."