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3 unusual facts about Cenred of Wessex


Cenred of Wessex

Cenred of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex and a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert.

Cenred had at least two other children: Ingild, the great-grandfather of Ealhmund of Kent, and the great-great grandfather of Egbert; and Cuthburh, who married Aldfrith of Northumbria, and became abbess of Wimborne.

It is possible that Cenred ruled alongside his son Ine for a period.



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