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See also:CERDIC (d. 534) , founder of the See also:West Saxon See also:kingdom, is described as an ealdorman who in 495 landed with his son Cynric in See also:Hampshire, where he was attacked at once by the Britons, Nothing more is heard of him until 508, when he defeated the Britons with See also:great slaughter. Strengthened by fresh arrivals of See also:Saxons, he gained another victory in 519 at Certicesford, a spot which has been identified with the See also:modern Charford, and in this See also:year took the See also:title of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king. Turning westward, Cerdic appears to have been defeated by the Britons in 520 at Badbury or See also:Mount Badon, in See also:Dorset, and in 527 yet another fight with the Britons is recorded. His last See also:work was the See also:conquest of the Isle of See also:Wight, probably in the See also:interest of some Jutish See also:allies. All the sovereigns of See also:England, except Canute, See also:Hardicanute, the two Harolds and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror, are said to be descended from Cerdic.
See Anglo-Saxon See also:Chronicle, edited by C. Plummer (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1892-1899) ; See also:Gildas, De excidio Britanniae, edited by Th. See also:Mommsen (See also:Berlin, 1898) ; See also:Nennius, Historia Brittonum, edited by Th. Mommsen (Berlin, 1898) See also:Bede, Historiae ecclesiasticae geniis Anglorum libri v., ed. C. Plummer (Oxford, 1896) ; E. See also:Guest, Origines Celticae (See also:London, 1883) ; J. R. See also:Green, The Making of England (London, 1897).
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