Ceol, king of Wessex

M, #102665, d. circa 611 Last Edited=3 Feb 2006

    Ceolwulf, King of Wessex was the son of Cutha, King of Wessex.1 He died circa 611. (1)

    Ceolwulf, King of Wessex succeeded to the title of King Ceolwulf of Wessex in 597. (1) Child of Ceolwulf, King of Wessex -1. Cuthgils (?)+ (2)

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Ceol of Wessex

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Ceol

King of Wessex

Reign 592-597

Predecessor Ceawlin

Successor Ceolwulf

Issue

Cynegils

Ceol (also known as Ceola or Ceolric) was King of Wessex from 592 to 597.

He was the son of Cutha (or Cuthwulf), the son of Cynric of Wessex. He reigned from either 591 AD or 592 to 597. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he began his reign in 591, but it was only in the following year that he drove out his uncle Ceawlin in a battle at Woden's Barrow in Wiltshire[1][2], thus denying the throne to the rightful heir, Ceawlin's son Cuthwine. Upon his death the throne passed to his brother Ceolwulf, because his son Cynegils was presumably too young to inherit the throne, so it was given to the brother, as was probably the custom among the Saxons.

[edit] The Ceolian line

Ceol was the founding member of a sub-house of the House of Wessex which would rule Wessex from 591 - 645, 648 - 674 and from 676 - 685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh, Seaxburh and Centwine. Coenwulf and Ceolwulf I of Mercia are also believed to be descendants of Ceol, meaning that the Ceolian line flourished for at least three centuries after its founder's death, and possibly longer. (See House of Wessex family tree.)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Yorke, Barbara, 'Ceol', Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

  2. ^ According to Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, 1971, p. 30, the battle was fought at Woddesbeorg or Wodnesbeorg, probably the tumulus now called Adam's Grave, overlooking the Vale of Pewsey.

Regnal titles

Preceded by

Ceawlin King of Wessex

592 - 597 Succeeded by

Ceolwulf

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ceol (also known as Ceola or Ceolric) was King of Wessex from 592 to 597.

He was the son of Cutha (or Cuthwulf), the son of Cynric of Wessex. He reigned from either 591 AD or 592 to 597. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he began his reign in 591, but it was only in the following year that he drove out his uncle Ceawlin in a battle at Woden's Barrow in Wiltshire[1][2], thus denying the throne to the rightful heir, Ceawlin's son Cuthwine. Upon his death the throne passed to his brother Ceolwulf, because his son Cynegils was presumably too young to inherit the throne, so it was given to the brother, as was probably the custom among the Saxons.

[edit]The Ceolian line

Ceol was the founding member of a sub-house of the House of Wessex which would rule Wessex from 591 - 645, 648 - 674 and from 676 - 685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh, Seaxburh and Centwine. Coenwulf and Ceolwulf I of Mercia are also believed to be descendants of Ceol, meaning that the Ceolian line flourished for at least three centuries after its founder's death, and possibly longer. (See House of Wessex family tree.)

[edit]Notes

^ Yorke, Barbara, 'Ceol', Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

^ According to Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, 1971, p. 30, the battle was fought at Woddesbeorg or Wodnesbeorg, probably the tumulus now called Adam's Grave, overlooking the Vale of Pewsey.