Ceolwulf (Wessex)

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England at the time of Ceolwulf

Ceolwulf (also Ceolulf, Ceolf ; † around 611 ) was from 594/597 to around 611 king of the Gewissæ , an ethnic group that formed the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the 7th century as "West Saxony" .

Life

family

He comes from the House of Wessex and is considered the son of Cutha and grandson of Cynric . Cuthgils was a son of Ceolwulf. The fact that Ceolwulf also had a son named Cynegils is mistaken for Ceolwulf, whose "nickname" may also have been "Ceol / Ceola", with his brother Ceol by medieval scribes.

Domination

Around 594/597 Ceolwulf succeeded his brother Ceol, who presumably died, as king. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle attributes a reign of 17 years to him, while according to the West Saxon king lists he is said to have ruled for 14 years.

Ceolwulf is portrayed as a successful and belligerent ruler who was involved in constant battles against the Anglo-Saxons, British, Picts and Scots . The battles against the Picts and Skots, who lived far north, seem to be based on confusion with a Northumbrian king. The expansion of the Gewissæ to the south and west during his rule is however likely. The campaign against the Kingdom of Sussex , which has been handed down for the year 607 , was presumably connected with the hegemony of both empires over the Isle of Wight, populated by Jutes, and the south of what is now Hampshire . Ceolwulf's successor was his nephew, Ceol's son Cynegils , who shared the rule with his son Cwichelm in 611 .

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literature

  • Barbara Yorke : Wessex in the early Middle Ages (Studies in the Early History of Britain) , Continuum, 1995, ISBN 978-0718518561 .
  • 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)
  • Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 .
  • DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 .
  • DN Dumville: The West Saxon genealogical regnal list and the chronology of early Wessex , Peritia, 4/1985, pp. 21-66.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , p. 133.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ a b Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 597
  4. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 674
  5. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 676
  6. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Ceol  ( 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 13, 2011
  7. ↑ a b c d Barbara Yorke: Ceolwulf  ( 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 13, 2011
  8. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 607
  9. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 611
  10. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Cwichelm  ( 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 13, 2011
predecessor Office successor
Ceol King of Wessex
594 / 597–611 		Cynegils
together with Cwichelm (611? –636)
personal data
SURNAME Ceolwulf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ceolulf; Ceolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Wessex
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH 611