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See also:CYNEGILS (d. 643) , 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 of the See also:West See also:Saxons, succeeded his See also:uncle King Ceolwulf in 6i1, With his son Cwichelm (d. 636), he defeated the advancing Britons at See also:Bampton in See also:Oxfordshire in 614, and Cwichelm sought to See also:arrest the growing See also:power of the Northumbrian king Eadwine by procuring his assassination; the See also:attempt, however, failed, and in 626 the West Saxons were defeated in See also:battle and forced to own Eadwine's supremacy.. Cynegils' next struggle was with See also:Penda of See also:Mercia, and here again he was worsted, the battle being fought in 628 at See also:Cirencester, and was probably compelled to surrender See also:part of his See also:kingdom to Mercia. Cynegils was converted to See also:Christianity through the See also:preaching of Birinus, and was baptized in 635 at-See also:Dorchester in Oxfordshire, where he founded a bishopric. See also:lie was succeeded as king by his son Cenwalh.
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