Ina

Family: West-Saxons · Role: king · First appears: A.D. 685–721

In 688, Ina succeeded Ceadwall as king of Wessex; he was the son of Cenred. In 694, the people of Kent covenanted with Ina and paid him 30,000 pounds in friendship, because they had burned his brother Mull. In 710, Ina and his relative Nun fought Grant, king of the Welsh, and in 715 he fought alongside Ceolred at Wanborough. His siblings included Ingild, Cwenburga and Cuthburga.

In 722, Ealdbert, whom Ina had driven into exile, wandered as an exile in Surrey and Sussex; in 725, Ina fought the South-Saxons and slew him. In 728, Ina fought Oswald the etheling, then went to Rome and died. His relative Ethelhard succeeded him as king of Wessex.

Relationship record

Life events

• 688 · Ina succeeded Ceadwall in the kingdom of Wessex.(A.D. 685–721 · 📍 Wessex)
  • With: Ceadwall
  • “To him succeeded Ina in the kingdom of Wessex”
• 694 · The people of Kent covenanted with Ina and paid him 30,000 pounds.(A.D. 685–721 · 📍 Bapchild)
  • With: Wihtred
  • “This year the people of Kent covenanted with Ina, and gave him 30,000 pounds in friendship, because they had burned his brother Mull.”
• 722 · Ina had driven Ealdbert into exile, where he wandered as a wretched exile.(A.D. 722–760 · 📍 Surrey and Sussex)
  • With: Ealdbert
  • “Ealdbert wandered a wretched exile in Surrey and Sussex”
• 725 · Ina slew Ealdbert, whom he had previously driven into exile.(A.D. 722–760)
  • With: Ealdbert
  • “Ina this year also fought with the South-Saxons, and slew Ealdbert, the etheling, whom he had before driven into exile.”
• 728 · Ina died, and his relative Ethelhard succeeded him in the kingdom of Wessex.(A.D. 722–760 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Ethelhard
  • “This year Ina went to Rome, and there gave up the ghost. He was succeeded in the kingdom of Wessex by Ethelhard his relative”
• 728 · Ina fought with Oswald the etheling.(A.D. 722–760)
  • With: Oswald the etheling
  • “but he fought this same year with Oswald the etheling.”

A.D. 685–721

• parent: Cenred “Ina was the son of Cenred, Cenred of Ceolwald; Ceolwald was the brother of Cynegils;”
• with Ceadwall (Succession alone is not a relation in this vocabulary.) “To him succeeded Ina in the kingdom of Wessex, and reigned thirty-seven winters.”
• cousins with Nun “Ina also, and Nun his relative, fought with Grant, king of the Welsh;”
• enemies with Grant “Ina also, and Nun his relative, fought with Grant, king of the Welsh;”
• allies with Ceolred “This year Ina and Ceolred fought at Wanborough;”
• siblings with Cuthburga “Cwenburga and Cuthburga were their sisters.”
• siblings with Cwenburga “Cwenburga and Cuthburga were their sisters.”
• siblings with Ingild “This year died Ingild, the brother of Ina.”

A.D. 722–760

• enemies with Ealdbert “Ina this year also fought with the South-Saxons, and slew Ealdbert, the etheling, whom he had before driven into exile.”
• cousins with Ethelhard “He was succeeded in the kingdom of Wessex by Ethelhard his relative, who held it fourteen years”
• enemies with Oswald the etheling “but he fought this same year with Oswald the etheling.”

A.D. 836–867

• siblings with Ingild “Ingild was the brother of Ina, king of the West-Saxons”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.