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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 509 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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king of the See also:West See also:Saxons, succeeded Ceadwalla in 688, his See also:title to the See also:crown being derived from See also:Ceawlin. In the earlier See also:part of his reign he was at See also:war with See also:Kent, but See also:peace was made in 694, when the men of Kent gave See also:compensation for the See also:death of Mul, See also:brother of Ceadwalla, whom they had burned in 687. In 710 Ine was fighting in See also:alliance with his kinsman - See also:Nun, probably king of See also:Sussex, against Gerent of West See also:Wales and, according to See also:Florence of See also:Worcester, he was victorious. In 715 he fought a See also:battle with Ceolred, king of See also:Mercia, at See also:Wood-See also:borough in See also:Wiltshire, but the result is not recorded. Shortly after this See also:time a See also:quarrel seems to have arisen in the royal See also:family. In 721 Ine slew See also:Cynewulf, and in 722 his See also:queen Aethelburg destroyed See also:Taunton, which her See also:husband had built earlier in his reign. In 722 the See also:South Saxons, previously subject to Ine, See also:rose against him under the See also:exile Aldbryht, who may have been a member of the West Saxon royal See also:house. In 725 Ine fought with the South Saxons and slew Aldbryht. In 726 he resigned . See also:Lower See also:Indus and See also:delta. the crown and went to See also:Rome, being succeeded by Aethelheard in Wessex. Ine is said to have built the See also:minster at See also:Glastonbury.

The date of his death is not recorded. He issued a written See also:

code of See also:laws for Wessex, which is still preserved. See See also:Bede, Hist. Eccl. (Plummer), iv. 15, v. 7; Saxon See also:Chronicle (See also:Earle and Plummer), s.a. 688e, 694, 710, 715, 721, 722, 725, 728; See also:Thorpe, See also:Ancient Laws, i. 2-25; Schmid, Gesetze der Angelsachsen (See also:Leipzig, 1858) ; See also:Liebermann, GesetzederAngelsachsen(See also:Halle,1898-99).

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