List of monarchs of East Anglia

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The Kingdom of the East Angles (one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy) was founded in the 6th century.

Note that many of the dates of this time are considered unreliable, often being based on computation from known dates. Regnal years may be counted twice, since all or part of a year may be attributed: for instance, the period attributed below to Ricberht (the East Anglian apostasy) is said by Bede to have lasted for three years, and is computed allowing all or part of the years 627, 628 and 629 to this interregnum or unknown reign.

The names are given in modern English form followed by the names and titles (as far as is known) in contemporary Anglo-Saxon English and Latin, being the recorded languages of the time. Note that the title 'REX' is not recorded specifically for any East Anglian ruler before Raedwald: the earlier names derive from the genealogical tally (not regnal list) in the Anglian Collection and the Historia Brittonum. They are normally styled rulers of the East Angle people (Angli Orientales), not of East Anglia (Anglia Orientalis). The title Rex Anglorum is used of Raedwald, and Rex Ang. (indeterminate, probably Anglorum) of Aethelstan I and Eadmund in their coinage.

This was a time when spellings varied widely, even within a document. A number of variations of the details below exist. Amongst these are the preference between þ and ð (voiceless and voiced 'th').

A character resembling '7' (the so-called Tironian et) was used as the ampersand '&' in contemporary Anglo-Saxon writings. The era pre-dates the emergence of forms of writing accepted today, notably minuscule, and the letters 'W' and 'U'. Where W was followed by U this was generally rendered as 'VV' (which was also used for 'W' alone).

[edit] List of the Kings of the East Angles

Reign Incumbent Notes
??? to ??? Wehha VVEHHA VVILHELMING ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM 'The first to rule over the East Angles' (Historia Brittonum)
ante571 to 578 Wuffa VVFFA VVEHHING ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM Eponymous ancestor of the Wuffing dynasty, 'ruling' in 571 (Roger of Wendover)
578 to 599 Tytila TYTTLA VVFFING ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM 'Took up the helm of the kingdom' (Roger of Wendover)
599 to 624 Redwald RÆDVVALD TYTTLING ESTANGLE CYNING
RÆDVVALD REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Imperium; Rex Anglorum (Bede). Bretwalda (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
617 to 618 Eni ENI TYTTLING ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM not known to have reigned
c.624 to c.627 Eorpwald EORPVVALD RÆDVVALDING ESTANGLE CYNING
EORPVVALD REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Murdered by Ricberht
c.627 to c.629 Ricberht RICBRYHT ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM not known to have reigned
c.629 to ?634 Sigeberht SIGEBRYHT RÆDVVALDING ESTANGLE CYNING
SIGEBRYHT REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Joint king with Ecgric; abdicated; Slain in battle; Saint Sigebert.
Son or Stepson of Raedwald.
ante 634 to ?636 Ecgric ECGRIC ESTANGLE CYNING
ECGRIC REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Slain in battle; kinsman of Sigebert
presumed son of Raedwald or Eni
636 to 654 Anna ANNA ENING ESTANGLE CYNING
ANNA REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Slain in battle
654 to 15 November 654 Aethelhere ÆÞELHERE ENING ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELHERE REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
late 654 to 664 Aethelwold ÆTHELVVOLD ENING ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELVVOLD REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
663 or 664 to 713 Ealdwulf EALDVVLF ESTANGLE CYNING
EALDVVLF REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
c.713 to 749 Aelfwald ÆLFVVALD ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆLFVVALD REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
749 to ? Hun HVN ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM Joint ruler (possibly mythic)
749 to c.760 Beorna BEORNA ESTANGLE CYNING
BEORNA REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Joint king
749 to ? Alberht ALBERHT ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM Joint ruler; Ethelberht I of East Anglia
?c.760 to ?c.779 Aethelred I ÆÞELRED ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELRED REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Possibly mythic
?779 to 794 Aethelberht II ÆÞELBRYHT ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELBRYHT REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Saint Aethelbert.
Executed at the command of Offa
Mercian Dynasty
c.760 to 796 Offa OFFA ÞINCFRIÞING MIERCNA 7 ESTANGLE CYNING
OFFA REX MERCIA ET ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS

OFFA REX ANGLORVM
Held dominion over East Angles
East Anglian Dynasty
after 794 to ? Eadwald EADVVALD ESTANGLE CYNING
EADVVALD REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Mercian Dynasty
c.796 to 821 Coenwulf COENVVLF MIERCNA 7 ESTANGLE CYNING
COENVVLF REX MERCIA ET ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
Held dominion over East Angles
821 to 823 Coelwulf COELVVLF MIERCNA 7 ESTANGLE CYNING
COELVVLF REX MERCIA ET ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
Held dominion over East Angles
823 to 826 Beornwulf BEORNVVLF MIERCNA 7 ESTANGLE CYNING
BEORNVVLF REX MERCIA ET ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
Held dominion over East Angles
East Anglian Dynasty
c.821 to c.839 Aethelstan ÆÞELSTAN ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELSTAN REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
styled Rex Anglorum (coins)
c.839 to 855 Aethelweard ÆÞELVVEARD ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELVVEARD REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
855 to 20 November 870 Edmund EADMVND ESTANGLE CYNING
EADMVND REX ANGLORUM ORIENTALIUM
Martyred; Saint Edmund.
Styled Rex Anglorum (coins)
Sub-kings under Norse Suzerainty
870 to 876 Oswald OSVVALD ESTANGLE CYNING
OSVVALD REX ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
876 to 879 Aethelred ÆÞELRED ESTANGLE CYNING
ÆÞELRED REX ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
879 to 890 Athelstan AÞELSTAN ESTANGLE CYNING
AÞELSTAN REX ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
Norse ruler Guthrum the Old, took name Athelstan at baptism
c.881 to 895 (or 896) Guthfrith
(Hardicnut; Canute; Guthred)
GVÞFRIÞ ESTANGLE CYNING
GVÞFRIÞ REX ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
c.890 to 902 Eric
(Eohric)
ERIC GVÞRVMSSON ESTANGLE CYNING
ERIC REX ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS
Killed in battle
902 to 918 Guthrum II GVÞRVM ESTANGLE CYNING
GVÞRVM REX ANGLIÆ ORIENTALIS

After 918, East Anglia was under the rule of Wessex.

[edit] References

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/eastang.html

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