Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric,…

495 CE

Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border, with five ships.

He is said to have fought a Brythonic king named Natanleod at Netley Marsh in Hampshire.

Their followers will establish the beginnings of the Kingdom of Wessex.

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