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Cynric

King of Wessex

6 dated entries naming Cynric, drawn from 6 separate years between 495 CE and 560 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Cynric of Wessex in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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5th century

  • 495Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. Their followers establish the beginnings of the Kingdom of Wessex.source

6th century

  • 527King Cerdic of Wessex and his son Cynric defeat the Britons at Cerdicesleah (modern Chearsley).source
  • 534Cynric becomes king of Wessex.source
  • 552Cynric, king of Wessex, captures the fortress city of Old Sarum.source
  • 556King Cynric and his son Ceawlin of Wessex fight against the Britons at Beranburh, now identified as Barbury Castle (Wiltshire) in South West England.source
  • 560Ceawlin succeeds his father Cynric as king of Wessex (approximate date).source

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