Cenred

Abt 644 - 709  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Cenred
  Born	Abt 644	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	709	Rome, Italy
  Person ID	I1215	The Goswell Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Ceolwald,   b. Abt 622, Wessex, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Ingild,   b. 675, Wessex, England ,   d. 718  (Age 43 years)  [natural]   2. Ine,   b. 658, Wessex, England ,   d. 728, Rome, Italy  (Age 70 years)  [natural]   3. Cuthburh,   b. 669  [natural]   4. Cwenburg,   b. 665, Wessex, England  [natural]   5. Cwengyth,   b. 667, Wessex, England  [natural]   6. Kenten,   b. 673, Wessex, England  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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] His father was Ceolwald of Wessex. Cenred had at least four children; Ine of Wessex, who went on to be one of the most successful kings of the West Saxons; Ingild of Wessex, who continued the royal line through his son Eoppa; and Cuthburga, who married the powerful Northumbrian king Aldfrith, and who became abbess of Wimborne. There may also have been another daughter who was married to King Aethelfrith of Wessex, but this claim may have been substantiated to further Aethelheard's claim to the throne Cenred King of Mercia in 704. He was Under-ruler of Somerset but did not rule England. He gave up the his rule before 709. He then traveled to Rome with Offa and was there until the end of his life which was about 709.