Aescwine
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Aescwine or Escwine may refer to:
- Aescwine of EssexAescwine of EssexÆscwine, or Erkenwine, Erchenwine, was reputedly the settler from Old Saxony who in 527 founded the Kingdom of Essex , becoming the first king of the region .Precious little evidence is available for his existence...
(494-587), born in ancient Saxony in northern Germany and in 527 he became king of Essex - Aescwine of WessexAescwine of WessexÆscwine was a King of Wessex from about 674 to 676, but probably not the only king in Wessex at the time.Bede writes that after the death of King Cenwalh: "his under-rulers took upon them the kingdom of the people, and dividing it among themselves, held it ten years". West Saxon tradition has...
(died circa 676), king of Wessex