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CUTHWINE ap CEAWLIN
Sub King of Wessex


BIRTH: 546 in Wessex, England
DEATH: 584 in the Battle of Barbary Hill
BURIAL:
FATHER: Ceawlin ap CYNRIC - Abt 510 in Wessex, England
MOTHER: Unknown

MARRIAGE: Unknown

CHILDREN:

1. Cynebeald (Cynebald) ap CUTHWINE - Abt 570 in Wessex, England

2. Ceadda ap CUTHWINE - Abt 575 in Wessex, England

3. Cuthwulf (Cutha) ap CUTHWINE - Abt 583 in Wessex, England


He was Under-Ruler of Wessex before 584.

Cuthwine and Ceawlin fought agianst the Britons killed Kings Conmail, Condiddan,
and Fairnmail at a place Dyrham. They captured three cities:
Gloucester, Cirencester, and Bath.

Cutha was killed there in 584 at a place called Fretherne.

{"The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," trans. by Dorothy Whitelock (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U. Press, 1961), p.14.}

Some think that it is possible that Cuthwine and his son Cuthwulf/Cutha are one and the same person.
(ASC 577, 854) See: The Rise of Wessex, Trelawlney D. Reed, pg. 31.


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