# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cynric
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:03:17.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cynric"
name: "Cynric"
slug: "cynric"
description: "A sixth-century king whose own parentage the records can't agree on. Cynric ruled Wessex for over two decades, but whether he was Cerdic's son or grandson depends which chronicle you read."
tagline: "King of Wessex"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "450"
deathDate: "560"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.85
  momentum:             14.65332518337408
  historical:           21.19674
  currentAttention:     24.51187565490744
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Historical Figure"
    slug: "historical-figure"
  - name: "Royalty"
    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454047"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Cynric"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ساينرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سینریک وسکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cynric Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cynric de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سینریک وسکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric_de_Wessex"
    title: "Cynric de Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric_wessexi_kir%C3%A1ly"
    title: "Cynric wessexi király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric_dei_Gewisse"
    title: "Cynric dei Gewisse"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%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)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "킨리치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinrikas"
    title: "Kinrikas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Кинрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric_av_Wessex"
    title: "Cynric av Wessex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynric"
    title: "Cynric"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ساينرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Cynric became King of Wessex in 534 and held the throne until 560. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle names him son of Cerdic, the kingdom's founder. But the Anglian King-list and sections of the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List insert another generation, calling him son of Creoda, Cerdic's son instead. Even Asser's Life of King Alfred splits on the question: the paternal line includes Creoda, the maternal account skips him. Everything known about Cynric comes from these chronicles, and they can't settle who his father was.