Cenred of Wessex

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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]

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

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  1. Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms, p.145146
  2. Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 122.
  3. "Anglo-Saxons.net S 1164" . Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  4. Kirby, Earliest English Kings, p. 120.

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