biography
pronunciation:
[chairdik]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (fl. 5th–6th-c)
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| biography:
| Legendary Saxon leader who was said to have invaded Britain, landing in Hampshire with his son Cynric in 495. He is recorded as the founder of the royal dynasty of what became the most powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex. |
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