King Ine of Wessex

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King Ine of Wessex was an early 8th-century Anglo-Saxon ruler noted for consolidating the kingdom of Wessex and issuing one of the earliest surviving English law codes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King Ine of Wessex canonical 3
King Ine 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon ruler ⓘ
King of Wessex ⓘ
early medieval monarch ⓘ
abdicated yes ⓘ
abdicationYear 726 ⓘ
associatedWith Christianization of Wessex ⓘ
development of royal administration in Wessex ⓘ
birthDate 7th century ⓘ
capital Winchester ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 8th century ⓘ
conflictWith Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Sussex ⓘ
country Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
deathDate after 726 ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
dynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
ethnicity Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
father Cenred of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Cenred of Mercia
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
knownFor consolidation of the kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
issuing one of the earliest surviving English law codes ⓘ
strengthening royal authority in Wessex ⓘ
support of the Christian Church ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
lawCodeFeatures penalties for social and status-based offences ⓘ
protection of property rights ⓘ
provisions on compensation (wergild) ⓘ
regulation of church dues ⓘ
lawCodeLanguage Old English ⓘ
lawCodePreservation partly preserved in the Textus Roffensis ⓘ
lawCodeType Anglo-Saxon law code ⓘ
legalSystemInfluence early English law ⓘ
mother unknown ⓘ
notableWork Law code of Ine ⓘ
patronage support for monastic foundations ⓘ
support for the bishopric of Winchester ⓘ
positionHeld King of Wessex ⓘ
predecessor Cædwalla of Wessex ⓘ
realm Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
reasonForAbdication to go on pilgrimage to Rome ⓘ
reignEnd 726 ⓘ
reignStart c. 688 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sourceMention Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
spouse Æthelburg of Wessex ⓘ
successor Æthelheard of Wessex ⓘ
territorialExpansion consolidation of control over much of southern England ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muchelney Abbey → possiblyFoundedBy → King Ine of Wessex ⓘ
Cædwalla of Wessex → contemporary → King Ine of Wessex ⓘ
Ine of Wessex → title → King Ine ⓘ
linked to: King Ine of Wessex
Laws of Ine of Wessex → issuedBy → King Ine of Wessex ⓘ