CYNRIC ap CRIODA
King of Wessex
| BIRTH: Abt 484 in Wessex, England DEATH: Abt 560 in Wessex, England BURIAL: FATHER: Crioda ap CERDIC - Abt 468 in Wessex, England MOTHER: Unknown MARRIAGE: Unknown CHILDREN:
1. Ceawlin ap CYNRIC - Abt 510 in Wessex, England
2. Cuthwulf ap CYNRIC - Abt 512 in Wessex, England
3. Cutha ap CYNRIC - Abt 515 in Wessex, England
4. Cwichelm ap CYNRIC - Abt 520 in Wessex, England |
DEATH: Abt 593
He captured Old Sarum which is near Salisbury in 552. Cynric and his son Ceawlin
won a battle against the Britons in 556 at Beranburh which is now Barbury Camp.
Cerdic and his son Cynric took the Isle of Wight in 530 and killed many men in Carisbrook.
After his father's death in 534, Cynric gave the Isle of Wight to his nephews, Stuff and Wihtgar.
Cynric and his son Ceawlin fought with the Britons in Beranbury in 556.
Cynric must have died about 560 as his son Ceawlin began to rule the government of the West Saxons in 560.
Sources:
John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 66.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronical, text by Ingram, Everyman's edition pgs. 534, 538, 552, 560, 854.