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for the year 611 states: "This year
Cynegils succeeded to the government in Wessex, and held it one and thirty winters. Cynegils was the son of Ceol, Ceol of Cutha, Cutha of Cynric." Contradicting this simple account, the entry under 614 states that "This year Cynegils and Cwichelm fought at
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give 641 (manuscripts B, C and E) or 643 (manuscripts A, G) for the year of
Cenwalh's accession. Many texts follow Dumville (1985), assuming that these variations both represent scribal deviations from 642, which would conform with the stated reign length of 31 years.
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brother of
Ceolwulf, a son of Ceola son of Cutha, a son of Cuthwine son of Ceawlin, and a son of Cuthwulf son of Cuthwine. Several of the sources give Cynegils a brother named Ceolwald, described as the grandfather of King
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Cynegils, which would be expected, as the first convert King of the West Saxons, if he were the grandfather of Abbess Bugga, daughter of Centwine, to whom the poem in question was addressed.
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Cynegils's remains. It contains the bones of several individuals as the bones from it and other mortuary chests were scattered during the
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Ceolwulf is uncertain. Cynegils is variously described in West Saxon sources as being a son of Ceolwulf, a son of
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could be expected to report a victory, but does not, so Penda was likely the victor. Cynegils and
Cwichelm appear to have been subject to
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Cynegils's death is not certainly known. Bede states only that he was followed by his son Cenwalh. Different versions of
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and Wessex king lists portray the West Saxons as ruled by a single king, the kingship was likely shared between two or more kings.
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was a son of
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calls her Kyneburga (Cyneburg). This mission appears to have made a little long-term impact as Cynegils's son
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established himself at Dorchester, and both Cynegils and Cwichelm are said to have been baptised with King
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