# Cerdic — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/cerdic-whe-definition-discussion/15968>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [December 30, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/cerdic-whe-definition-discussion/15968 "2014-12-30T19:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/cerdic-whe-definition-discussion/15968/1 "2014-12-30T19:04:15Z")

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Cerdic of Wessex (r. 519-534) was King of the West Saxons and the founder of Wessex. His influence was so profound that later genealogies of the English monarchy would claim that all the sovereigns of Britain, save for Canute, Hardecanute, the Harolds, and William the Conqueror, were descended from him.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Cerdic/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cerdic/)._

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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/cerdic-whe-definition-discussion/15968/2 "2026-07-30T09:41:59Z")

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