Cenred of Wessex explained

Cenred of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex and a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert. It is possible that Cenred ruled alongside his son Ine for a period. There is weak evidence for joint kingships, and stronger evidence of subkings reigning under a dominant ruler in Wessex, not long before his time.^[1] Ine acknowledges his father's help in his code of laws,^[2] and there is also a surviving land-grant that indicates Cenred was still reigning in Wessex after Ine's accession.^{[3] [4]}

His father was Ceolwald of Wessex. Cenred had at least three other children.

• Ine, king of Wessex and married Æthelburg of Wessex
• Ingild, the great-grandfather of Ealhmund of Kent, and the great-great grandfather of Egbert
• Cuthburh, who married Aldfrith of Northumbria, and became abbess of Wimborne
• Cwenburh, who may have succeeded her sister as abbess at Wimborne.

See also

• House of Wessex family tree

References

Primary sources

• Ine's charters at Anglo-Saxons.net

Secondary sources

• Book: Kirby, D.P.. The Earliest English Kings. 1992. London. Routledge. 0-415-09086-5.
• Book: Yorke, Barbara. Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. 1990. London. Seaby. 1-85264-027-8.

Notes and References

1. Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms, p.145 - 146
2. Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 122.
3. Web site: Anglo-Saxons.net S 1164 . 4 July 2007 .
4. Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 120.