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Ceol of Wessex

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Ceol
King of Wessex
Reign592–597
PredecessorCeawlin
SuccessorCeolwulf
IssueCynegils
HouseWessex
FatherCutha (or Cuthwulf)

Ceol ([t͡ʃe͜oːl] chey-ole; also known as Ceola or Ceolric) is portrayed by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List as King of Wessex for five to six years around 592 to 597 (the Chronicle) or 588 to 594 (the List).

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Historicity

David Dumville has emphasized how shaky the evidence for Ceol is. Neither the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle nor the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List seems to be a contemporary record for the seventh century, and it is possible that Ceol was added through scribal confusion.

The monothematic name Ceol, meaning simply 'ship', seems extremely implausible; in one genealogy he appears as Ceola, an apparent hypocoristic [...] implying a dithematic Ceol-name; while the Genealogical Regnal List declares Ceolwulf to be his brother, Cynegils is merely the 'son of Ceolwulf's brother', perhaps implying some uncertainty as to identity and family-relationships.[1]: 58 

Portrayal in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Ceol is portrayed as the son of Cutha (or Cuthwulf), the son of Cynric of Wessex. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he began his reign in 591. The Chronicle states that the following year Ceol's uncle Ceawlin was 'driven out' in a battle at "Woddesbeorg", thought to be in Wiltshire, and modern scholars have inferred that this battle was between Cealwin and Ceol,[2][3] with Ceol denying the throne to Ceawlin's son Cuthwine.

Upon Ceol's death in 597 the throne passed to his brother Ceolwulf. Because his son Cynegils was presumably too young to inherit the throne, it was given to the brother, as was probably the custom among the Saxons.

The Ceolian line

Ceol is portrayed as the founding member of a sub-house of the House of Wessex which would rule Wessex from 591 – 645, 648 – 674 and from 676 – 685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh, Seaxburh and Centwine. Coenwulf and Ceolwulf I of Mercia are also claimed to be descendants of Ceol, meaning that the Ceolian line flourished for at least three centuries after its founder's death, and possibly longer. (See House of Wessex family tree.)

Notes

  1. ^ David N. Dumville, 'The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List and the Chronology of Early Wessex', Peritia, 4 (1985), 21–66.
  2. ^ Yorke, Barbara (2004). "Ceol (Ceola, Ceolric) (d. 597)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5001. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ According to Frank Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, 1971, p. 30, the battle was fought at Woddesbeorg or Wodnesbeorg, probably the tumulus now called Adam's Grave, overlooking the Vale of Pewsey.

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Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Wessex
592–597
Succeeded by


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