Cerdic

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• FamilySearch ID: L8WY-W7H
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Mar 1925

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1st King of West Saxon (519-534), Saxon Earldorman, who founded a settle m ent on the coast of Hampshire, England in 495 (this area later became W es sex); conquered Isle of Wright(534). He is also known as "Cedric the S axo n".

He was the Ancestor of English Royal line.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 716.

Family/Spouse: Hengist. Hengist was born about 471 in Sachsen, Deutschland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cerdic Wessex, King of Wessex was born about 493 in England; died in 534.

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• FamilySearch ID: L8MB-85F
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Mar 1925

Notes:

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 7143.

Ancestry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Robert Fr e derick Pfafman, p E-34.



Elesa identified as the father of Cerdic and the son of Elsa. The nam e o f Elesa's mother is not recorded.

Elessa and Isaive are identified as the parents of Cerdic, with Elessa s p ecifically identified as his father. From this we know Isaive was his m ot her. Some sources seem to indicate that Cerdic was illegitimate, there for e we do not know with certainty if Isaive and Elessa were married.

Cerdic (Elesa's son) landed in what is today Hampshire in 495 with his s o n Cynric in five ships. It is not know with certainty from where Cerdi c c ame. It has been surmised that he was a native Britton, of that he ca me f rom Jutland and the Saxon coast.

Cerdic, first king of the West Saxons (519–534), is recorded as descend e d from Woden. This mythical descent is set out in the Anglo-Saxon Chro ni cle: "Woden/Bældæg/Brand/Frithugar/Freawine/Wig/Gewis/Esla/Elesa/Cerdi c" .

Elesa has been identified by some scholars with the Romano-British Elasi u s, the "chief of the region", met by Germanus of Auxerre.

[ Grosjean, P., Analecta Bollandiana, 1957. Hagiographie Celtique pp. 15 8 –226.
Nicholl, D. (1958) Celts, Romans and Saxons, Studies: An Irish Quarter l y Review, Vol. 47, No. 187 (Autumn 1958), p. 300]

There is no evidence that Elesa was a king or ruler as some have identif i ed him, although it is a possibility.

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If correct Elesa
Birthdate: estimated between 403 and 463
Death: (Date and location unknown)
Immediate Family:
Son of Esla and N.N.
Husband of N.N.
Father of Cerdic, king of the West Saxons and (Poss) daughter of Elesa M o ther of Withgar ....

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• FamilySearch ID: LBV8-PLX

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Esla appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the son of Gewis and a desc e ndant of Woden. He is also identified as the father of Elesa, the fath e r of Cerdic of Wessex who invaded Britain in 495 and founded the kingd o m of Wessex.

Cerdic, first king of the West Saxons (519–534), is recorded as descend e d from Woden. This mythical descent is set out in the Anglo-Saxon Chron ic le:

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• FamilySearch ID: 9C8V-MVD

Notes:

Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles, Eng 104, p. 254-5; Keiser und Koe n ig Hist., Gene Hist 25 pt. 1, p. 93.

Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 718.

Ancestry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Rober t F . Pfafman, p E-34.



Gewis appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the son of Wig (Wye) a n d a descendant of Woden. He is also identified as the father of Esla, t h e father of Elesa, the father of Cerdic of Wessex who invaded Britai n i n 495 and founded the kingdom of Wessex.

The name of Gewis' mother and that of his wife are not identified.