Back Cerdic ANG سيرديك وسكس Arabic سيرديك من ويسيكس ARZ سردیک وسکس AZB Кердык Byelorussian Cerdic (Wessex) Breton Cerdic Catalan Cerdic Czech Cerdic German Κέρντικ Greek
| Cerdic | |
|---|---|
| King of Wessex | |
 | |
| King Of Wessex | |
| Reign | 519–534 |
| Coronation | c. 519 |
| Predecessor | Honorius (Roman Emperor) |
| Successor | Cynric |
| Born | c. 475 |
| Died | 4 May 534 (aged 59) |
| Issue | Cynric |
| House | Wessex |
Cerdic (475-4 May 534) was the first Anglo Saxon King of the Gewisse,[a] also called the King of Wessex. He was the ancestor of the kings of Wessex and the Anglo-Saxon kings of England beginning with Athelstan.
- ↑ D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings (London; New York: Routledge, 2000), pp. 38-39
- ↑ Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, trans. Leo Sherley Price, revsd. R. E. Latham (London; New York: Penguin, 1990), p. 153
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