Cenberht

Cenberht (also Coenbyrht, Cenbriht, Cenbryht, Coenbryht, Kenbriht ; † 661 ) was from the 640s to 661 a king or sub-king of the Gewissæ , an ethnic group that formed the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the late 7th century as "West Saxons" .

Life

Cenberht's father was Cadda (also Cada, Ceadda) from the House of Wessex . His mother's name is unknown. The Celtic name of his son Caedwalla (685-688), who later also became King of Wessex, indicates that he was married to a British princess. His second son Mul (686-687) was briefly King of Kent .

In 645 Penda von Mercia attacked the Gewissæ. King Cenwalh , a relative of Cenberhts, fled to the court of King Anna of East Anglia , who was also an enemy of Penda. Who ruled the kingdom is unknown. Cenberht may have ruled during Cenwalh's exile. In 648 Cenwalh came back to power under unknown circumstances. Cuthred presumably also made claims to the throne. In 648 Cenwalh gave Cuthred huge lands of 3,000 hidas near Ashdown in Berkshire , an area disputed between the Gewissæ and Mercia. Cuthred and also Cenberht seem to have been subreguli ("sub-kings"). King Wulfhere of Mercia invaded Wessex in 661. Cenwalh presented himself for battle at Posentesbyrg (location unknown). Persecuted by Wulfhere, however, he had to withdraw to Ashdown in Berkshire. Cuthred and Cenberht died that same year.

swell

• anonymous: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , online in Project Gutenberg (English)

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)
• John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 .
• DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 .
• Barbara Yorke: Wessex in the early Middle Ages (Studies in the Early History of Britain) , Continuum, 1995, ISBN 978-0718518561 .

Web links

• Cenberht 1 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
• Cœnberht in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Remarks

1. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , pp. 39 and 100.
2. ^ John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , pp. 55-56.
3. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 685
4. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 645
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Barbara Yorke: Cenwalh  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2011
6. ^ ^{A b} Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 144-147.
7. ↑ Manuscript E of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls him here "Eadred"
8. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 661

predecessor	Office	successor
Cynegils  ?, Cenwalh  ?	Sub-king of Wessex at the time of Cenwalh 640s – 661 with Cuthred as another sub-king	Cenwalh