Acceded 532, Winchester, England

He was also known as the first King of West Saxons. He was crowned at Winchester in 532. Some say he ascended in 519.

Cerdic, King of the West Saxons, 519-534, was a Saxon earldorman who founded a settlement on the coast of Hampshire, England, in 495, assumed the title of King of the West Saxons in 519, and became the ancestor of the English royal line. “A.D. 495. This year came two leaders into Britain, Cerdic and cynric, his son, with five ships . . . . 519. This same year they fought with the Britons at a place called Charford. From that day have reigned the children of the West Saxon kings. 530. They conquered the isle of Wight . . . 534. This year died Cerdic, the first king of the West Saxons. Cynric his son succeeded to the government, and reigned afterwards twenty-six winters.” (“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,” text by Ingram, Everyman’s edition. See the following dates: 495, 519, 530, 534, 854; “Century Cyclopedia of Names” 230). (See also Trelawney Dayrell Reed, “The Rise of Wessex, chart p. 31, gens. 1-8. This also discusses Cerdic’s parentage.)55