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