Æscwine (Wessex)

Æscwine (also: Aescwine; Escuuine ) († 676 ) was from 674 to 676, king of the Gewissæ , an ethnic group that formed the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the late 7th century as "West Saxony" .

Life

Æscwine comes from the Wessex family and was a son of Cenfus . A politically unstable period began after King Cenwalh's death in 672. Æscwine's father, Cenfus, appears to have established himself as an under-king alongside Seaxburg and others. In 674, Cenfus and Seaxburg disappeared from the sources. He was succeeded by Cenfus' son Æscwine, who probably had to share the rule with under kings. In 675 there was the battle of Bedanheafde (not identified) against King Wulfhere of Mercia, the outcome of which has not been recorded. However, Wolfhere died soon after. Æscwine couldn't take advantage of the win. He died in 676 after only two years in government . He was succeeded by Centwine .

swell

anonymous: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , online in Project Gutenberg (English)
Æthelweard : Chronica II 7.

literature

Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)
Barbara Yorke: Wessex in the early Middle Ages (Studies in the Early History of Britain) , Continuum, 1995, ISBN 978-0718518561 .
DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 .
John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 .
Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 .

Web links

Æscwine 2 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
Æscwine in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Remarks

^ ^A ^b Simon Keynes: Kings of the West Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 511-514.
↑ ^a ^b Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 674
↑ John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 55.
^ ^A ^b Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 145-146.
↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 675
↑ John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 46.

predecessor	Office	successor
Seaxburg Cenfus (Under King)	King of Wessex 674–676	Centwine

personal data
SURNAME	Æscwine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aescwine; Escuuine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Wessex
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century
DATE OF DEATH	676

[enc511-1] A ^b Simon Keynes: Kings of the West Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 511-514.

[asc674-2] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 674

[3] John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 55.

[babs145-4] A ^b Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 145-146.

[asc675-5] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 675

[6] John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 46.