# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cynegils
# Generated: 2026-09-02T03:40:53.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cynegils"
name: "Cynegils"
slug: "cynegils"
description: "Cynegils was King of Wessex from c. 611 – c. 642. Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex, even though the kingdoms of the Heptarchy had not yet formed from the patchwork of smaller kingdoms in his lifetime. The later kingdom of Wessex was centred on the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire but the evidence of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is that the kingdom of Cynegils was located on the upper River Thames, extending into northern Wiltshire and Somerset, southern Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, and western Berkshire, with Dorchester-on-Thames as one of the major royal sites. This region, probably connected to the early tribal grouping known as the Gewisse, a term used by Bede for the West Saxons, lay on the frontier between the later kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia."
tagline: "King of Wessex (575-642)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kengils_-_John_Speed.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "575"
deathDate: "642"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.14
  momentum:             9.798515376458113
  historical:           20.29634133333334
  currentAttention:     54.4361965358784
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кінегільс (король Вессексу)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کینجیلز وسکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cynegils de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils"
    title: "Cynegils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils"
    title: "Cynegils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%BB%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BE"
    title: "Κινεγκίλς του Ουέσσεξ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils"
    title: "Cynegils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils"
    title: "Cynegils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils_de_Wessex"
    title: "Cynegils de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cynegils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils"
    title: "Cynegils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils_de_Wessex"
    title: "Cynegils de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils_wessexi_kir%C3%A1ly"
    title: "Cynegils wessexi király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "퀴네길스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кинегильс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils_of_Wessex"
    title: "Cynegils of Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegils_av_Wessex"
    title: "Cynegils av Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "คือเนยิลส์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503057"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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