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{{infobox royalty
| name = Ceol
| succession = [[King of Wessex]]
| reign = 592–597
| predecessor = [[Ceawlin]]
| successor = [[Ceolwulf of Wessex|Ceolwulf]]
| house = [[House of Wessex|Wessex]]
| father = Cutha (or Cuthwulf)
| issue = [[Cynegils]]
}}
'''Ceol''' ({{IPA-ang|t͡ʃe͜oːl|}} {{respell|chey|ol}}; also known as '''Ceola''' or '''Ceolric''')
== Historicity ==
[[David Dumville]] has emphasized how shaky the evidence for Ceol is. Neither the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' nor the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List seems to be a contemporary record for the seventh century, and it is possible that Ceol was added through scribal confusion:
<blockquote>The [[Germanic name#Monothematic names|monothematic name]] Ceol, meaning simply "ship", seems extremely implausible; in one genealogy he appears as Ceola, an apparent [[hypocoristic]] [...] implying a [[Germanic name#Dithematic names|dithematic]] ''Ceol''-name; while the Genealogical Regnal List declares Ceolwulf to be his brother, Cynegils is merely the 'son of Ceolwulf's brother', perhaps implying some uncertainty as to identity and family relationships.<ref>David N. Dumville, "The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List and the Chronology of Early Wessex", ''Peritia'', 4 (1985), 21–66.</ref>{{rp|58}}</blockquote>
== Portrayal in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' ==
==The Ceolian line==▼
Ceol is portrayed as the son of Cutha (or Cuthwulf), the son of [[Cynric of Wessex]]. According to the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', he began his reign in 591. The ''Chronicle'' states that the following year Ceol's uncle [[Ceawlin]] was 'driven out' in a [[Woddesbeorg|battle at "Woddesbeorg"]], thought to be in [[Wiltshire]], and modern scholars have inferred that this battle was between Cealwin and Ceol,<ref>{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5001?docPos=1 |last=Yorke |first=Barbara |title=Ceol (Ceola, Ceolric) (d. 597) |year=2004 |id=5001}}</ref><ref>According to Frank Stenton, ''Anglo-Saxon England'', Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, 1971, p. 30, the battle was fought at Woddesbeorg or Wodnesbeorg, probably the tumulus now called Adam's Grave, overlooking the [[Vale of Pewsey]].</ref> with Ceol denying the throne to Ceawlin's son [[Cuthwine]].
Ceol was the founding member of a sub-house of the House of Wessex which would rule Wessex from 591 – 645, 648 – 674 and from 676 – 685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, [[Cenwalh]], [[Seaxburh of Wessex|Seaxburh]] and [[Centwine]]. [[Coenwulf of Mercia|Coenwulf]] and [[Ceolwulf I of Mercia|Ceolwulf I]] of Mercia are also believed to be descendants of Ceol, meaning that the Ceolian line flourished for at least three centuries after its founder's death, and possibly longer. (See [[House of Wessex family tree]].)▼
Upon Ceol's death in 597, the throne passed to his brother [[Ceolwulf of Wessex|Ceolwulf]]. Because his son [[Cynegils]] was presumably too young to inherit the throne, it was given to the brother, as was probably the custom among the Saxons.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
▲== The Ceolian line ==
▲Ceol
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{PASE|2386|Ceol 1}}
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