Cynric, King of
the West Saxons
Compiled by D.
A. Sharpe
Cynric is estimated to have been born
about 495 AD.
Cynric, King
of the West Saxons, is the 19th great
grandfather of William ÒCount Poitou,Ó who is the 14th great grand uncle of
Sir Edward South, the first husband of Alice Carpenter, my 7th great
grandmother.
He
was King
of Wessex from 534 to 560. Everything known about him comes from the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
There, he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic
and also (in the regnal list in the preface) to have been the son of Cerdic's
son, Creoda. During his reign, it is
said that the Saxons expanded into Wiltshire
against strong resistance and captured Searobyrig, or Old Sarum, near Salisbury,
in 552. In 556, he and his son Ceawlin
won a battle against the Britons
at Beranburh,
now identified as Barbury Castle.
Vague
notes indicated he died in 560, the supposed end of his reign, though it is not
known whether death was natural causes or, for example, in battle.
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