Cynegils (Old English pronunciation: [ˈkynejiɫs]) was King of Wessex from c. 611 to c. 642. Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex...

Cynegils baptised by Bishop Birinus. He was also the great-great-grandson of Cerdic. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers several ancestries for Cynegils...

while the Genealogical Regnal List declares Ceolwulf to be his brother, Cynegils is merely the 'son of Ceolwulf's brother', perhaps implying some uncertainty...

who comprised the West Saxons. It is not certain whether his successor, Cynegils, was his son or the son of his older brother Ceol. House of Wessex family...

The Chronicle's version of his ancestry makes Centwine a son of King Cynegils, and thus a brother of King Cenwalh and maybe of Cwichelm, King of the...

ordered by the West Saxon King Cwichelm, and does not mention Cynegils. In 628, Cynegils and Cwichelm fought King Penda at Cirencester. The Chronicle could...

who was succeeded in his turn in about 617 by Cynegils of Wessex. The genealogies do not agree on Cynegils' pedigree: his father is variously given as Ceola...

(predecessors of the West Saxons), under Kings Cynegils and Cwichelm. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (A) states: 628. Here Cynegils and Cwichelm fought against Penda at...

c. 626 to 636 Cwichelm Co-ruler with Cynegils, perhaps his son of this name. 643 to 645 Cenwalh Son of Cynegils. Possibly Celtic, Brythonic, name; Deposed...

West Saxons. In 635, he persuaded the West Saxon king Cynegils to allow him to preach. Cynegils was trying to create an alliance with Oswald of Northumbria...