Event: Deposition of king
Cynewulf 4
.depriving of
Sigeberht 4
of his kingdom
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
ii.17
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Scholarly Info
Description
Cynewulf 4
took the kingdom from
Sigeberht 4
.
Year
757
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... Cynwulf abstraxit ab eo ...
Date from Source
<755>: after
Cynewulf 4
had invaded the kingdom of
Sigeberht 4
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Cynewulf 4
(
King of the West Saxons, 757-786
) :
Cynewulf 4
took the kingdom from
Sigeberht 4
. As far as it appears
Cynewulf 4
drew the witan of the whole of the western part (
Anonymi 2441
) with him on account of the disorderly deeds of
Sigeberht 4
.
Recipient
:
Sigeberht 4
(
King of the West Saxons, 756-757
) :
Cynewulf 4
took the kingdom from
Sigeberht 4
. No part of his power was left to
Sigeberht 4
except a single province called Hampshire. And he did not remain there for a long time.
(Other)
:
Anonymi 2441
(
West Saxon witan
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Hampshire: (
), now
Hampshire, Hampshire