Cerdic of Wessex

by Caito Junqueira

Title

Cerdic of Wessex

Artist

Caito Junqueira

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Digital Art - Canvas, Or Sommerset Velvet Paper Are My Choices

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Cerdic (/ˈtʃɜːrdɪtʃ/; Latin: Cerdicus) is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a leader of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, being the founder and first king of Saxon Wessex, reigning from 519 to 534 AD. Subsequent kings of Wessex were each claimed by the Chronicle to descend in some manner from Cerdic. His origin, ethnicity, and even his very existence have been extensively disputed. However, though claimed as the founder of Wessex by later West Saxon kings, he would have been known to contemporaries as king of the Gewissae, a folk or tribal group. The first king of the Gewissae to call himself 'King of the West Saxons', was Caedwalla, in a charter of 686 (Wikipedia)

#2023 02 26 2100
series: monarchs
digital art - mixed
© Caito Junqueira - 2023
Caio Junqueira Netto Junior
Garca - SP/BR

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February 26th, 2023

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