Berthun of Sussex
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Berthun, or, more correctly, Berhthun, was an Ealdorman of Sussex under King Æðelwealh, who was slain by the Wessex prince Caedwalla, when he invaded and ravaged the kingdom. Berthun and Andhun succeeded in driving Caedwalla from Sussex.
In 686 the South Saxons attacked Hlothhere, King of Kent, in support of his nephew Eadric, but soon afterwards Berhthun was killed and the kingdom subjugated for a time by Ceadwalla, who had now become King of Wessex.
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