 Abt 0644 - 0694 (50 years)
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| Name |
WESSEX Coenred |
| Birth |
Abt 0644 |
Sommerset, Kingdom of Wessex  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
0694 |
Kingdom of Wessex |
| Notes |
- Birth and Parents
Cenred is named in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's pedigree of the Wessex kings, found under the year 495 when Cerdic and Cenric first arrived in Britain with five ships: "Ingild of Cenred...Cenred of Ceolwald."[1]
Cenred is named by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the son of Ceolwald. [2]
Cenred was the son of Ceolwald an Under-King of Wessex, possibly in Dorset. [3]
Cenred of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex and a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert. [3]
Reign
Cenred (Kenred) was King of the West Saxons, [4]
Cenred was an under-king in Wessex, possibly in Dorset. [2]
It is possible that Cenred ruled alongside his son Ine for a period. [3]
There is weak evidence for joint kingships, and stronger evidence of subkings reigning under a dominant ruler in Wessex, not long before his time. [5]
Ine acknowledges his father's help in his code of laws,[6]
There is also a surviving land-grant that indicates Cenred was still reigning in Wessex after Ine's accession.[[6][7]
694 Advisor to son's code of law
Cenred was one of the chief advisors in putting together his son's code of law in 694. [2]
Issue
There are many theories about Cenred's relationship with his son, Ine, King of Wessex and also some assumptions that he was a co-ruler with Ine.
Cenred had four children.[8]
Cenred had four children:[2]
Ine, died in Rome, 728.[2] Ina, named in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle [1]
Ingeld[2] Ingild, named in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle [1] Ingild, the great-grandfather of Ealhmund of Kent, and the great-great grandfather of Egbert; [3]
Cwenburh [2] Cwenburga, named in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle [1] Cwenburh, who may have succeeded her sister as abbess at Wimborne. [3]
Cuthburh [2] Cuthberga, named in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle [1] Cuthberga is named as a sister of Ina by Mayo. [4] Cuthburh, who married Aldfrith of Northumbria, and became abbess of Wimborne; [3]
A profile of Kenten was previously linked as the son of Cenred of Wessex. However, the earliest sources show Cenred's four children but not including Kenten. Therefore he has been detached. If reliable sources for the relationship are found, he can be reattached.
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Everyman Press Edition, London, 1912, translated from the Anglo-Saxon by Rev. James Ingram, London, 1823. Page 23 Accessed 9/14/2019 jhd
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website Cenric of Wessex Accessed 10/4/2019 jhd
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Wikipedia: Cenred_of_Wessex Accessed 10/4/2019 jhd
↑ 4.0 4.1 Mayo, C.H. (1860). archive.org History of Wimborne Minster: The Collegiate Church of Saint Cuthberga and King's Free Chapel at Wimborne, (pp.4-6). London: Bell and Daldy. Accessed 10/5/2019 jhd
↑ Yorke, Barbara (1990). Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Seaby. ISBN 1-85264-027-8. Page 145-146. Cited by Wikipedia: Cenred_of_Wessex Accessed 10/4/2019 jhd
↑ 6.0 6.1 Kirby, D.P. (1992). The Earliest English Kings. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-09086-5. page 122, 124. Cited by Wikipedia: Cenred_of_Wessex Accessed 10/4/2019 jhd
↑ "Anglo-Saxons.net S 1164". Retrieved 4 July 2007. Cited by Wikipedia: Cenred_of_Wessex Accessed 10/4/2019 jhd
↑ Ingram & Giles, 1847
See also:
Ingram, J. & Giles, J.A. (1847). Anglo Saxon Chronicle. Project Gutenberg. www.gutenberg.org. eBook.
House of Wessex family tree at Wikipedia
Ine's charters at Anglo-Saxons.net
Cenred 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
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| Person ID |
I58615 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family |
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| Children |
| | 1. WESSEX Ingild, b. 0672, Wessex, England d. Abt 0718, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 45 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F347200 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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