Cenred of Wessex was a member of the

House of Wessex The House of Wessex, also known as the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty, refers to the family, traditionally founded by Cerdic, that ruled Wessex in Southern England from the early 6th century. The house became dominant in southern England aft ...

and a member of the direct male line from

Cynric Cynric () was King of Wessex from 534 to 560. Everything known about him comes from the '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''. There, he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic, who is considered the founder of the kingdom of Wessex. However, the 'Genealogi ...

Egbert Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht () and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Ekbert and Ecbert. People with the first name Mid ...

. It is possible that Cenred ruled alongside his son

Ine INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (disambiguation) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (disambiguation) * Instituto Nacional Elec ...

for a period. There is weak evidence for joint kingships, and stronger evidence of subkings reigning under a dominant ruler in Wessex, not long before his time.Yorke, ''Kings and Kingdoms'', p.145–146 Ine acknowledges his father's help in his code of laws,Kirby, ''Earliest English Kings'', p. 122. and there is also a surviving land-grant that indicates Cenred was still reigning in Wessex after Ine's accession.Kirby, ''Earliest English Kings'', p. 120. His father was

Ceolwald of Wessex Ceolwald of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex (see House of Wessex family tree). Although a member of the direct male line from Cynric to Egbert, Ceolwald was never king. His birth and death dates are unknown. His father was Cuthwulf an ...

. Cenred had at least three other children. *

, king of Wessex and married Æthelburg of Wessex * Ingild, the great-grandfather of Ealhmund of Kent, and the great-great grandfather of

Cuthburh Saint Cuthburh or Cuthburg, Cuthburga ( ang, Cūþburh; died 31 August 725) was the first Abbess of Wimborne Minster. She was the sister of Ine, King of Wessex and was married to the Northumbrian king Aldfrith. Life Cuthburh was the daughter o ...

, who married

Aldfrith of Northumbria Aldfrith (Early Modern Irish: ''Flann Fína mac Ossu''; Latin: ''Aldfrid'', ''Aldfridus''; died 14 December 704 or 705) was king of Northumbria from 685 until his death. He is described by early writers such as Bede, Alcuin and Stephen of Ripo ...

, and became abbess of

Wimborne Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, north of Poole ...

Cwenburh Cwenburh of Wimborne was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon saint,David Hugh Farmer (2011), '' The Oxford Dictionary of Saints'', 5th Edition (revised), p373 as Quenburga a sister of King Ine of Wessex and of Saint Cuthburh. Her sister Cuthburh was mar ...

, who may have succeeded her sister as abbess at Wimborne.

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;Primary sources
Ine's charters
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* 640 births Year of death unknown Cenred {{UK-noble-stub

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