General Notes

King of Wessex 534-560
Cerdic and Cynric, two Saxon princes, came to Britain in 495, and fought with the Britons the very day they landed. In 508, they slew a British king Natanleod. In 514, the subjects of the princes arrived in Britain at what became Wessex. In 519, they fought with the Britons at Charford, and in that year Cerdic assumed the government of Wessex as its first king. In 527, the two fought the Britons at Cerdic's-ley, and in 530 they conquered the Isle of Wight. In 534, Cerdic died, and Cyrnic took the government. In 552, Cynric fought the Britons at Sarum. In 556, Cynric and his son Ceawlin fought the Britons at Beranbury. In 560, Cynric died and was succeeded by Ceawlin.