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Cerdic

Saxon king of Wessex. He is said to have come to Britain about AD 495, landing near Southampton. He defeated the British in Hampshire and founded Wessex about AD 500, conquering the Isle of Wight about AD 530.

As Cedric the Saxon, he is one of the main characters in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe 1819.



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The focus of the story is now on the five children of Thirrin and Oskan: Cressida, the heir; Eodred and Cerdic, the warrior twins; Medea, the holder of the Gift; and Charlemagne, "Sharly," the youngest at 14 whose lame leg has kept him from carrying on the Lindenshield warrior tradition.
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Adding to the chaos of the retreating Romans and the insurgency of the Woads are the Saxons, an invading Germanic tribe led by Cerdic (Stellan Skarsgard, who seems to enjoy being the heavy) headed south toward Hadrian's Wall - a fortification that cuts Britain in half.
 
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