What is Aescwine of Wessex?
{{Infobox monarch | name =Aescwine | title =King of Wessex | reign =674–676 | predecessor =[[Seaxburh of Wessex|Seaxburh]] | successor =[[Centwine of Wessex|Centwine]] | father =Cenfus | death_date =after 676 |}} '''Aescwine''' was a [[List of monarchs of Wessex|King in Wessex]] from about 674 to 676. He was one of several [[:en:wikt:underkings|underkings]] in [[Wessex]] at the time. == King in Wessex == Aescwine was the son of Cenfus, who also ruled Wessex as a subking.<ref name=Ashley306>Mike Ashley, ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens'' (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 306</ref> They both claimed descent from [[Cynric of Wessex|Cynric]] through his son Ceolwulf.{{efn|Not to be confused with Cynric's grandson [[Ceolwulf of Wessex|Ceolwulf]] who ruled from 597 to 611.<ref>Barbara Yorke, ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'' (London: Routledge, 1997), p. 135</ref> This Ceolwulf did not reign.<ref>G. H. Wheeler, 'The Genealogy of the Early West Saxon Kings', ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 36, No. 142 (Apr., 1921), p. 167</ref>}}<ref name=Ashley306/> After the death of [[Cenwalh of Wessex|Cenwalh]] the underkings took over Wessex and ruled it for about ten years.<ref>Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', trans. Leo Sherley Price, revsd. R. E. Latham (London; New York: Penguin, 1990), pp. 223-24</ref> According to the [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] Cenwalh was succeeded as ruler by his wife Seaxburh.<ref name=Ashley305.6>Mike Ashley, ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens'' (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), pp. 305-06</ref> She ruled for about one year trying to hold central control over Wessex.<ref name=Ashley306/> In 675, Aescwine defeated [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]] over territory north of the [[Thames]].<ref>D. P. Kirby, ''The Earliest English Kings'' (London; New York: Routledge, 2000), p. 52</ref> Aescwine reigned from about 674 to 676.<ref name=Ashley306/> He was succeeded by [[Centwine of Wes