Paternal Family Tree: Wessex
King Cynegils of Wessex was born to Ceol King Wessex.
In 611 King Cynegils of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 614. This year Cynegils and [his son] Cwichelm fought at Bampton, and slew two thousand and forty-six of the Welsh.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 628. This year Cynegils and [his son] Cwichelm fought with Penda at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map], and afterwards entered into a treaty there.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 634. This year Osric, whom Paulinus baptized, succeeded to the government of King of Deira. He was the son of Elfric, the uncle of Edwin. And to Bernicia succeeded Eanfrith [aged 44], son of Ethelfrith. This year also Bishop Birinus first preached baptism to the West-Saxons, under King Cynegils. The said Birinus went thither by the command of Pope Honorius; and he was bishop there to the end of his life. Oswald [aged 30] also this year succeeded to the government of the King Northumbrians, and reigned nine winters. The ninth year was assigned to him on account of the heathenism in which those lived who reigned that one year betwixt him and Edwin.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 635. This year King Cynegils was baptized by Bishop Birinus at Dorchester [Map]; and Oswald [aged 31], king of the Northumbrians, was his sponsor.
In 635 Bishop Birinus of Dorchester was given permission to preach by King Cynegils of Wessex. He baptised King Cynegils of Wessex who then gave him Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire [Map] for his episcopal see.
In 636 Bishop Birinus of Dorchester baptised King Cynegils' son Cwichelm King of Wessex.
In 636 [his son] Cwichelm King of Wessex was killed at Scutchamer Knob, Oxfordshire [Map].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 639 Bishop Birinus of Dorchester baptised King Cynegils' grandson Cuthred King of Wessex to whom he was godfather.
Around 641 King Cynegils of Wessex died. His son Cenwalh succeeded King Wessex.
[his son] Cwichelm King of Wessex was born to King Cynegils of Wessex.
[his son] Centwine King Wessex was born to King Cynegils of Wessex.
[his son] Cenwalh King of Wessex was born to King Cynegils of Wessex. He married before Seaxburh Queen of Wessex.
Kings Wessex: Son of Ceol King Wessex
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cerdic King Wessex -2 x Great Grandson of Cerdic King Wessex
Great x 1 Grandfather: Cynric King Wessex son of Cerdic King Wessex
Grandfather: Cutha Wessex son of Cynric King Wessex
father: Ceol King Wessex Grandson of Cynric King Wessex
King Cynegils of Wessex son of Ceol King Wessex