Everything about Cynric Of Wessex totally explained
Cynric of Wessex ruled as king of
Wessex from
534 to
560. Everything known about him comes from the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. There he's stated to have been the son of
Cerdic, and also (in the regnal list in the preface) to have been the son of Cerdic's son,
Creoda. During his reign he's said to have captured Searobyrig or
Old Sarum, near
Salisbury, in
552, and that in
556 he and his son
Ceawlin won a battle against the
Britons at Beranburh, now identified as
Barbury Castle. If these dates are accurate, then it's unlikely that the earlier entries in the chronicle, starting with his arrival in
Britain with his father Cerdic in
495, are correct.
David Dumville has suggested that his true regnal dates are
554-
581.
The name Cynric has a straightforward
Old English etymology meaning "kin-ruler." However, as both his predecessor, Cerdic, and successor, Ceawlin, have Celtic names an alternative etymology has been postulated from "cunorix" which would mean "hound-king" in
Old British (rendered as "cynwrig" in
Old Welsh). In 1967 a stone was found at Wroxeter in a Sub-Roman context with the inscription CUNORIX MACUS MA QVI COLINE. This, apparently
Gaelic wording, contains both the name Cunorix and another which is reminscent of "Ceawlin."
In the 2004 film
King Arthur, Cerdic and Cynric were depicted as
Saxon invaders, and were killed, respectively, by
King Arthur and
Lancelot at the
Battle of Baden Hill (Mons Badonicus). Cynric was portrayed by
Til Schweiger.
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