Cenred (Wessex)

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Cenred (also Cænred, Coenred, Cœnred, Coinred ; fl. Around 670 / 676–705 / 717) was a regulus ( small king ) in Dorset in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex .

Life

Anglo-Saxon and British kingdoms

Cenred's father was Ceolwald from the House of Wessex . Cenred had four children: the sons Ine , († 728 in Rome ) and Ingild († 718) and the two daughters Cwenburg and Cuthburg (fl. Around 700–718; ∞ Aldfrith , King of Northumbria , Abbess of Wimborne Abbey ).

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Cenwalh died in 672 and his widow Seaxburg took over the rule for a year. However, this representation seems to be simplistic. Bede, however, reported that the kingdom was divided between the sub-kings. It seems likely that after Cenwalh's death the "strong hand" of a dominant king was missing and the empire fell into sub-empires during this 10-year period of weakness, although Seaxburg was at least granted the right to supremacy.

Cenred was not mentioned in the West Saxon king lists, but he is documented as a historical king by contemporary sources. From him comes the oldest surviving West Saxon charter , which certifies a donation of land in Dorset to Abbot Bectun (fl. 670/676) of Tisbury Abbey . Even when Centwine (676–685) and Caedwalla (685–688), with whom Cenred was largely related, reunited the kingdom under their rule, he was able to maintain his position as subregulus (sub-king). When Caedwalla resigned in 688, Cenred's son Ine became King of Wessex.

In 692, the Wessex dependent Nothhelm (688 / 692-717 / 724) of Sussex transferred extensive lands from his personal property to his sister Nothgyth for the "redemption of his soul" so that she could establish a monastery there. This document was signed by Cenred, who bore the title Rex Westsaxonum (King of the West Saxons), and his son Ine, who did not give a title, as witnesses. The mention of Cenred before Ine indicates his high position, possibly an equal co-rule.

Between 688 and 694 Ine created a set of laws in the creation of which Cenred played a key role. A charter Ines from 699 mentions Cenred as a benefactor of Abingdon Abbey . Another donation from the time between 705 and 717 from 20 hidas to Bishop Eadberht von Selsey had to be countersigned by the "Oberkönig" Ine, whose father Cenred and Watt (688/692-after 700). Cenred's year of death is unknown.

The role of Cenred in Ines' actions in Kent (694) and the campaigns against the British King Geraint of Dumnonia (710), Mercia (716) and Cornwall (722) is not known.

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  1. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 688
  2. ↑ Rosemary Cramp: Aldfrith  ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oxforddnb.com   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 11, 2011
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Patrick Wormald: Ine (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2011
  4. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 672
  5. ↑ Bede : HE 4:12
  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. ^ Barbara Yorke: Wessex in the early Middle Ages (Studies in the Early History of Britain) . Continuum, 1995, ISBN 978-0718518561 , p. 82.
  8. ↑ Charter S1164 and Charter S1256
  9. ↑ Charter S45
  10. ↑ Charter S241
  11. ↑ Charter S43
predecessor Office successor
Cenwalh Sub-king of Wessex
fl. Around 670/676 – after 705
with Baldred (681–693) and Cissa (fl.? –699?) As further sub-kings 		Ine
personal data
SURNAME Cenred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coenred; Cœnred; Coinred; Cænred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Under king in Wessex
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH after 705