Cerdic, King of the West Saxons - Cerdic, King of the West Saxons-Father of Crioda, King of West Saxons down to King of Wessex & Kent

@Cerdic, king of the West Saxons is my 40th grt grandfather Judy Rice

He’s my 50th. I’d love to know who he (we) are really descended from vs. Odin. Nothing personal against GGF Odin, playing Devils Advocate and presuming he was a real person, I’d put Odin as farther back than my 59th great grandfather.

Oddly enough, Cerdic's name isn't Saxon - it's Old Brythonic (Ceretic, which evolved into the definitely Welsh Caradoc). There have been all manner of speculations over the centuries as to what to make of that. (One popular theory, found primarily in "historical" Arthurian fiction, is that he was Vortigern's son by Hengist's daughter Rowena.)

We owe the variant "Cedric" to Sir Walter Scott having an attack of fumble-fingers when he set out to write "Ivanhoe". :-D