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Ceolwulf of Wessex

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and south Hampshire, but he probably laid the foundations for West Saxon expansion against the British and Saxon peoples of the south and west. He may have begun to construct a regional overlordship among the groups who comprised the West Saxons.
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Ceolwulf was the son of Cutha (probably Cuthwulf) and the grandson of
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entry he is given the title "king of the Gewisse". According to the
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Index

West Saxons
Gewisse
Ceol
Cynegils
House
Wessex
Wessex
Gewisse
Dictionary of National Biography
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Annals of St Neots
West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List
Cynric
Ceol
Britons
Picts
Scots
South Saxons
Isle of Wight
Cynegils
House of Wessex family tree






Kirby 2000
Yorke 1990
Kirby 2000

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