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Eastengla Cyningas

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Eadmund East Engla Cyning, se hæþna menn ofslogon

Eastengla Cyningas ricsode on Eastengla rice, þæt is nu bedæled and hæfþ twa scira þa sind Norþfolc and Suþfolc and eac awrieh hiera rice in þæm Miclan Fenne in Grantabrycgscire. Æfter Dena gehiersumoden þas land ricsode þrie Denisca cyningas ofer Norþfolce, Suþfolce and eac Eastseaxum.

Þis rice wæs an þa seofen Engla riciu þa hattaþ 'Heptarchia'.

Eastengla cynecynn oþ 749 wæron Wuffingas, þara fruma wæs Wuffa.

Æfter 749 wæron cyningas on Eastenglum þara cynn nis gecnawen oððe undercyningas under Miercna ealdordome. Scortlice wæs Eastenglarice besundrod æfter Offan deaþ cyninges in 796, ac Coenwulf eft gehiersumode hit.[1] In 826 brac Eastengle hiera land fram Miercum þan Beornwulf wæs forslegen. In 869 cwom mycel hæðen here and cwealdon Eadmund se Martyr se wæs Eastengla endmesta cyning fram hiera agnum folce.[2] Dene ricsode in þæm lande oð 918 þan Eadweard se Ieldra gecnytted Eastenglaland mid Engla rice.

Þisses endmesta cyning wæs Godrum II, Denisc cyning.

Gearas Cynecynn Cynedom Cyning Glesing
Wuffingas d. 571 Wehha Geald rica;[3] Nennius arecceþ þe Wehha wæs "Se form se ricsode ofer Eastenglum"[4] Died in 571.
571–578 (from unknown annal).[3] Wuffa Geald rica;[3] Wuffa Wehhing: æfter him habbaþ Wuffingas hiera naman
578 (from unknown annal).[3] Tytila Geald rica; Wuffing; fang to rice in 578, secgþ Flores Historiarum.[5]
Acceded around 616,[6] died before 627.[7] Rædwald Tytiling;[3] se het imperium be Beda anf in bocum æfterweard‚ Bretwalda‘.[8] Flores Historiarum giefð 599 for Rædwaldes riceancyme.[9] Rædwald is Wuffinga ærresta þærof we witan mar þon nama
Died 627 or 628.[7] Eorpwald Rædwalding; morðslegen be Ricberhte.[10]
c. 627 to c. 630.[7] Ricberht Possible ruler.[3]
Acceded c. 630.[7] Sigeberht Rædwalding. Forscrah to beon munuc, ac geslegen in guþe in 637.[3]
Acceded c. 630 (ruled jointly with Sigeberht until c. 634). Ecgric Forslegen æt guþe, geald in 641;[11] Sigeberhtes nefa and geald Rædwalding
early 640s[6] to c. 653.[7] Anna Rædwaldes nefa and Ening;[3] acwæl, swa secgþ se Cranic.[12]
c. 653[7] to 655.[3] Æþelhere Annan broðor. Geslegen æt Winwæde[3]
655[7] to 663.[7] Æþelwold Annan broþor
663[7] to 713.[7] Ealdwulf Annan nefa
713[7] to 749[7] Ælfwald Ealdwulfing.
Yfera Eastengle Se ricsode in 749.[6] Beonna, Alberht and geald Hun Efencyningas þara frum in ungecnawen[3] Alberht eac het Æþelberht I.[13] Naht cneowþ man be Hune.[14]
Ungewis Æþelred I Geald æfter Beonnan; he wæs undercyning se wæs Æþelberhtes II fæder.[15]}
?779[7] to 794.[7] Æþelberht II Late middelielde frum giefþ his gearas; Æþelberht hæfde sundormynete.[16] Be Offan beot wæa he ofslegen.[3]
Mierce Offa Ruled Mercia from 757 to July 796; jointly ruled with his son Ecgfrith from 787 (who succeeded him and died after ruling for less than five months).[3][17] Held dominion over the East Angles.[15]
Eastengle c. 796[18] to c. 800.[18] Eadwald Ancestry unknown; emerged as king during a period of instability following the death of Offa.[18]
Mierce Coenwulf Ruled Mercia from 796 to 821:[6] held dominion over the East Angles after Eadwald's brief reign;[19] no precise date is known for the start of his overlordship in East Anglia.[20]
Ceolwulf Brother of Coenwulf; ruled Mercia from 821 to 823.[21]
Beornwulf Of unknown origin;[22] Ruled Mercia from 823.[6] to 826;[6] killed during an East Anglian revolt.[21]
East Anglian Dynasty 827[18] to 845.[6] Æþelstan Probably led a revolt against the Mercians in 825.[3] East Anglian independence re-established at his accession.[22]
c.845[6] to 855.[6] Æþelweard
855[7] to 869.[6] Eadmund Æþelwearding. The last native East Anglian king; acceded at the age of 14 (according to Asser);[23] killed by the Vikings 20 November 869;[6] canonised.[24] Political organisation Eastengla Cyning following the death of Edmund is uncertain.
Kings under Norse suzerainty c. 869[6] to 875.[6] Oswald Underking, known only from numismatic evidence.[6]
c. 875[6] to 878.[6] Æþelred II Underking, known only from numismatic evidence.[6]
Danish kingdom Eastengla Cyning c. 878[6] to 890.[25] Godrum East Anglia was awarded to him in 878 as part of the Treaty of Wedmore with Alfred the Great of Wessex. Died in 890 at the age of 55. [26]
890[25] to 902.[6] Eohric Killed in battle (along with Æþelwold) in December 902.
902[6] Æþelwold Underking of the Danes; killed in battle in December 902.[27]
902[6] to 918. Godrum II East Anglian Danes accepted Edward the Elder's overlordship; killed in battle in 918.[28]


  1. Yorke 2002, p. 121.
  2. Jones 1973, p. 421.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Fryde et al. 1986, p. 8.
  4. Nennius 2008, p. 46.
  5. Yonge 1853, p. 269.
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 Lapidge 1999, pp. 508–509.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 Yorke 2002, p. 67.
  8. Swanton 1997, p. x.
  9. Yonge 1853, p. 277.
  10. Colgrave & Mynors 1969, book II, chapter 15.
  11. Kirby 2000, p. 74.
  12. Swanton 1997, p. 28.
  13. Hill & Worthington 2005, p. 128.
  14. Ashley 1998, p. 244.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Yorke 2002, p. 64.
  16. Kirby 2000, p. 164.
  17. Brown & Farr 2001, pp. 5, 135.
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 McKitterick 1995, p. 555.
  19. Kirby 2000, p. 179.
  20. Brown & Farr 2001, p. 219.
  21. 21.0 21.1 Yorke 2002, p. 122.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Brown & Farr 2001, p. 222.
  23. Giles 1858, p. 115.
  24. Yorke 2002, p. 59.
  25. 25.0 25.1 Lapidge 1999, p. 223.
  26. Ashley 1998, p. 246.
  27. Stenton 1988, pp. 321–22.
  28. Jaques 2007, p. 1006.

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East Engla Cyningas

WehhaWuffaTytilaRædwaldEorpwaldRicberhtSigeberht[c]Ecgric[c]AnnaÆþelhereÆþelwoldEaldwulfÆlfwoldBeonna[c]Æþelberht[c]Æþelred I[s]Æþelberht IIOffa[km]EadwaldCœnwulf[cm]Ceolwulf[cm]Beornwulf[m]ÆþelstanÆþelweardEadmund MartyrOswald[s]Æþelred II[s]Godrum I[d]Eohric[d]Æþelwold[s]Godrum II[d]

[c] Efencyningas • [cm] eac Cantwara and Miercna Cyning • [m] eac Miercna Cyning • [s] undercyningas • [d] Dene