# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cerdic-of-wessex
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:10:22.454Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cerdic-of-wessex"
name: "Cerdic of Wessex"
slug: "cerdic-of-wessex"
description: "Cerdic is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a leader of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, being the founder and first king of Wessex, reigning from around 519 to 534 AD. Subsequent kings of Wessex were each claimed by the Chronicle to descend in some manner from Cerdic. His origin, ethnicity, and even his very existence have been extensively disputed. However, though claimed as the founder of Wessex by later West Saxon kings, he would have been known to contemporaries as king of the Gewissae, a folk or tribal group. In a charter dating to 686, Cædwalla was the first king of the Gewissae to call himself 'King of the West Saxons'."
tagline: "1st King of Wessex from 519 to 534"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cherdik_-_John_Speed.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
deathDate: "534"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.33343733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Сердик од Весекс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic"
    title: "Cerdic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "سيرديك وسكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "سيرديك من ويسيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "سردیک وسکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BA"
    title: "Кердык"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_(Wessex)"
    title: "Cerdic (Wessex)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic"
    title: "Cerdic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic"
    title: "Cerdic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic"
    title: "Cerdic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA"
    title: "Κέρντικ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_of_Wessex"
    title: "Cerdic of Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_(Wessex)"
    title: "Cerdic (Wessex)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_de_Wessex"
    title: "Cerdic de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "سردیک وسکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic"
    title: "Cerdic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic"
    title: "Cerdic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_Wessex"
    title: "Cerdic Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_de_Wessex"
    title: "Cerdic de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_wessexi_kir%C3%A1ly"
    title: "Cerdic wessexi király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_dari_Wessex"
    title: "Cerdic dari Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_dei_Gewisse"
    title: "Cerdic dei Gewisse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81_(%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E7%8E%8B)"
    title: "チェルディッチ (ウェセックス王)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4%EB%A5%B4%EB%94%94%EC%B9%98"
    title: "체르디치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerdikas"
    title: "Kerdikas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366048"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump