Cerdicingas, King of Wessex Cerdic^[1]

467 - 534  (67 years)

• Name	Cerdicingas, Cerdic
  Prefix	King of Wessex
  Born	2 May 467	, , Ancient Saxony, North Germany
  Gender	Male
  According to the %22Anglo-Saxon Chronicle%2C%22 Cerdic landed with his son Cynric%2C in what today is Hampshire%2C in a convoy of five ships.	495
  Military Service	495	Natanleaga (Natanleaga is commonly identified as Netley Marsh in Hampshire)
  	said to have fought a Brittonic king named Natanleod
  Military Service	508
  	said to have defeated King Natanleod
  Military Service	Abt 514	It was later given to his kinsmen, Stuf and Wihtgar (who had supposedly arrived with the West Saxons in 514).
  	conquered the Isle of Wight (then known by the Celtic name of Ynys Weith)
  Military Service	519
  	said to have fought at Cerdicesleag, identified as Charford (Cerdic's Ford)
  Title of Nobility	519/534	He is cited in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" as a leader and founder of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, being the first king of Saxon Wessex.
  	King of Wessex
  _FSFTID	L8WY-W7H
  _UID	9EDB30A7756A7746811F1B3C0F8AC8DA1EE9
  _UID	C335ECF2692D4646A2244541573B5081A7A7
  Died	11 Sep 534	Wessex, Berkshire, England
  Buried	Tradition states that Cerdic was buried at Cerdicesbeorg, a former barrow, which is mentioned in an11th century charter.
  Person ID	I22061	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2017

  
  

  Father	chief of the region Elesa,   b. Abt 439, , , Ancient Saxony, North Germany
  Mother	Unknown,   b. Abt 443, of, , Ancient Saxony, North Germany
  Family ID	F10545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	73B68BCB7492CE4F8DE1BE2E91EF0C6EF6CC
  Children	+ 1. Cerdicingas, Prince of Wessex Crioda,   b. Abt 493, of, Wessex, , England ,   d. DECEASED + 2. Cerdicingas, King/W.Saxon Cynric,   b. 525, of, Wessex, , England ,   d. 560  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F9520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hengist,   b. Abt 471, of, Ancient Saxony, Northern Germany   [1]
  _UID	3BB5C2FBBB5D8649B15104D6FF1AB875B66A
  Children	+ 1. Cerdicingas, Prince of Wessex Crioda,   b. Abt 493, of, Wessex, , England ,   d. DECEASED
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F10518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FamilySearch showed this additional information: Name - Description: Cerdic, King of West Saxons 1st King of West Saxon (519-534), Saxon Earldorman, who founded a settlement on the coast of Hampshire, England in 495 (this area later became Wessex); conquered Isle of Wright(534). He is also known as "Cedric the Saxon". He was the Ancestor of English Royal line. !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 716. Ancestry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Robert F. Pfafman, p E-34. SURNAME: Also shown as West Saxon GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Cerdic King Of BIRTH: Also shown as Born Sachsen, Germany.

  
  

• Sources

  [S353] Adam gedcom from AQ (Reliability: 0).