House of Wessex family tree

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The following chart is a family tree of the kings of the House of Wessex, a dynasty whose members were Kings of Wessex, and then, from Athelstan onwards, Kings of England. The dynasty lasted for over six centuries before being extinguished in the male line by the death of its supposed last member, Edgar Atheling, last Saxon king of England. There is rumor that Edgar the Atheling had a son named Gerald "Longstride" who may have living descendants somewhere in the world with a strong claim to the British throne or at least the Earldom of Wessex.

In places the tree has been extended to show those kings of Wessex or England who were not actually of the house of Cerdic, although in every case these kings are related to the House of Wessex through marriage, and so can be included here. These include Canute the Great and his two sons.

For a continuation of this tree, please see English monarchs family tree.

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A family tree is generally the totality of 'ones ancestors represented as a tree structure, or more specifically, a chart used in genealogy. The image of the tree probably originated with one in medieval art of the Tree of Jesse, used to illustrate the Genealogy of Christ
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monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. Monarchs almost always inherit their titles and are rulers for life; that is, they have no term limit. Historically monarchs have been more or less absolute rulers.
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The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic or the Saxon royal house, refers to the family that ruled a kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex.
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A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "house", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg.
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This is a list of monarchs of Wessex until 924. For later monarchs, see the List of monarchs in the British Isles. While the details of the later monarchs are confirmed by a number of sources, the earlier ones are in many cases obscure.
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Athelstan
King of the English
Reign August 2,924 – October 27,939
Born 895
Wessex, England
Died September 27 939
Buried Malmesbury Abbey
Predecessor Ælfweard
Successor Edmund
Father
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monarchs of England. Traditionally, the first monarch of England is listed as Egbert, Bretwalda from 829, though the kingdom was not permanently unified until 927, under Athelstan. Union with Wales was enacted in 1536, and with Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Edgar Ætheling[1], also known as Edgar the Outlaw, (c. 1051–c. 1126?) was the last male member of the West Saxon royal house of Cerdic. He was proclaimed, but never crowned, King of England.
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Wessex was one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that preceded the Kingdom of England. It was named after the West Saxons and was situated in the south and southwest of England. It existed as a kingdom from the 6th century until the emergence of the English state in the 9th century, and
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Canute the Great
King of England, Denmark and Norway, as well as some of Sweden

Reign England: 1016 - 1035
Denmark: 1018 - 1035
Norway: 1028 - 1035
Predecessor Edmund Ironside (England)
Harald II (Denmark)
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This is the English monarchs' family tree, including kings of England from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth I.

See also: British monarchs' family tree - Other family trees - List of monarchs in the British Isles - Direct descent from William I to Elizabeth II


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Cerdic of Wessex (d. 534) was the King of Wessex (519–534) and is regarded as the ancestor of all subsequent Kings of Wessex (See House of Wessex family tree).

Official life and career



According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Cynric of Wessex (Cynric means roughly 'Royal Ruler') ruled as 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
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Ceawlin
King of Wessex

Ceawlin's name in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Reign 560–592
Died 593
Issue Cuthwine
Father Cynric Ceawlin (also spelled "Ceaulin" or "Caelin") (died c.
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Ceol (also known as Ceola or Ceolric) was one of the West Saxon kings of Wessex.

He was the son of Cutha the son of Cynric of Wessex. He reigned from either 591 or 592 to 597 after deposing his uncle Ceawlin in a battle fought at a place called Woden's Barrow
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Ceolwulf, a member of the House of Wessex, became King of Wessex in 597 upon the death of his brother Ceol, because at that time Ceol's son Cynegils was too young to rule.

Ceolwulf reigned for fourteen years and nothing is known of Wessex during his time as king.
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Cuthwine was a member of the House of Wessex, son of Ceawlin of Wessex. After the deposition of his father Ceawlin from the throne of Wessex in 592 he did not inherit the throne which passed to his
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Cutha Cathwulf was the third son of Cuthwine and consequently a member of the House of Wessex. Although a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert, (see House of Wessex family tree), Coenred was never king due to usurpations by junior branches of the family.
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Cedda was the second son of Cuthwine and consequently a member of the Wessex family. He was born c. 590 and his death date is unknown. He had one son, Coenberht, the father of King Caedwalla of Wessex.
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Cynegils (died c. 642) was an Anglo-Saxon king of the West Saxons in the early 7th century.

Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex, but the familiar kingdoms of the so-called Heptarchy had not yet formed from the patchwork of smaller kingdoms in his
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Cenberht (died circa 661) was a king in the lands of the West Saxons.

Cenberht was said to be the son of Cadda, about whom nothing is recorded, and the grandson of Cutha. It is thought that Cutha is the same person as Cuthwine, also found in West Saxon genealogies.
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Ceolwald of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex (see House of Wessex family tree). Although a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert, Coenred was never king due to usurpations by junior branches of the family. His birth and death dates are unknown.
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Cwichelm (died circa 636) was an Anglo-Saxon king of the Gewisse, a people in the upper Thames area who later created the kingdom of Wessex. He is usually counted among the Kings of Wessex.
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Centwine (died after 685) was King of Wessex from circa 676 to 685 or 686, although he was perhaps not the only king of the West Saxons at the time.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that Centwine became king circa 676, succeeding Æscwine.
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Cenwealh (died 674?), also Cenwalh or Coenwalh, was an Anglo-Saxon king traditionally counted as a king of Wessex. The creation of the kingdom of Wessex began in his reign.
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Seaxburh was a wife of King Cenwalh of Wessex and according to tradition, ruled Wessex as Queen for a year following Cenwalh's death. She should not be confused with her near-contemporary, Saint Seaxburh of Ely, daughter of King Anna of East Anglia.
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Penda (died November 15, 655[1]) was a 7th-century King of Mercia, a kingdom in what is today the English Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda participated in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king
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Mul (died 687) may have briefly ruled as king of Kent following its conquest by his brother, Caedwalla of Wessex, in 686. Mul's father was Coenberht, making him a member of the House of Wessex (a descendant of Cynric.
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Cædwalla
King of Wessex

Imaginary depiction of Cædwalla by Lambert Barnard
Reign 685/686–688
Died 689
Father Coenberht

Cædwalla (c.
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