Timeline
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Dynasty
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Reign
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King
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Notes
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Wuffingas
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d. 571
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Wehha
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Possible ruler; "The first to rule over the East Angles", according to Nennius. Died in 571.
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571–578 (from unknown annal).
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Wuffa
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Possible ruler; son of Wehha and the king after whom the Wuffingas dynasty is named.
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578 (from unknown annal).
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Tytila
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Possible ruler; son of 'Uffa' (Wuffa); acceded in 578, according to the Flores Historiarum.
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Acceded around 616, died before 627.
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Rædwald
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Son of Tytila; named imperium by Bede, later interpreted as Bretwalda. The Flores Historiarum gives 599 for Rædwald's accession. Rædwald is the first of the Wuffingas of which more than a name is known.
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Died 627 or 628.
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Eorpwald
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Son of Rædwald; murdered by Ricberht.
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c. 627 to c. 630.
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Ricberht
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Possible ruler.
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Acceded c. 630.
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Sigeberht
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Possible son of Rædwald. Abdicated to lead a monastic life; later slain in battle in 637.
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Acceded c. 630 (ruled jointly with Sigeberht until c. 634).
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Ecgric
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Slain in battle, possibly as late as 641; kinsman or brother of Sigeberht. Possible son of Rædwald.
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early 640s to c. 653.
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Anna
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Nephew of Rædwald and son of Eni; killed, according to the سجلات الانجلو ساكسون.
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c. 653 to 655.
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Æthelhere
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Brother of Anna. Slain at the معركة وينوايد.
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655 to 663.
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Æthelwold
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Brother of Anna.
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663 to 713.
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Ealdwulf
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Nephew of Anna, Æthelhere and Æthelwold.
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713 to 749
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Ælfwald
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Son of Ealdwulf.
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East Anglian dynasty
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Ruling in 749.
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Beonna, Alberht and possibly Hun
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Joint kings, of unknown origin Alberht is also known as Æthelberht I. Nothing is known of Hun.
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Unknown.
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Æthelred I
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Possibly succeeded Beonna; sub-king named as the father of Æthelberht II.}
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?779 to 794.
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Æthelberht II
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Accession date is from a late mediaeval source; East Anglian independence indicated by ability of Æthelberht to mint his own coins. Executed at the command of Offa.
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Mercian dynasty
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Offa
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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). Held dominion over the East Angles.
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East Anglian dynasty
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c. 796 to c. 800.
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Eadwald
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Ancestry unknown; emerged as king during a period of instability following the death of Offa.
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Mercian dynasty
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Coenwulf
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Ruled Mercia from 796 to 821: held dominion over the East Angles after Eadwald's brief reign; no precise date is known for the start of his overlordship in East Anglia.
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Ceolwulf
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Brother of Coenwulf; ruled Mercia from 821 to 823.
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Beornwulf
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Of unknown origin; Ruled Mercia from 823. to 826; killed during an East Anglian revolt.
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East Anglian Dynasty
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827 to 845.
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Æthelstan
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May have led a revolt against the Mercians in 825. East Anglian independence re-established at his accession.
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c.845 to 855.
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Æthelweard
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855 to 869.
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Edmund (Eadmund)
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Son of Æthelweard. The last native East Anglian king; acceded at the age of 14 (according to Asser); killed by the Vikings 20 November 869; canonised. Political organisation of East Anglia following the death of Edmund is uncertain.
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Kings under Norse suzerainty
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c. 869 to 875.
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Oswald
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Underking, known only from numismatic evidence.
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c. 875 to 878.
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Æthelred II
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Underking, known only from numismatic evidence.
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Danish kingdom of East Anglia
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c. 878 to 890.
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Guthrum
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East Anglia was awarded to him in 878 as part of the Treaty of Wedmore with الفريد العظيم of Wessex. Died in 890 at the age of 55.
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890 to 902.
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Eohric
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Killed in battle (along with Æthelwold) in December 902.
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902
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Æthelwold
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Sub-king of the Danes; killed in battle in December 902.
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902 to 917.
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Guthrum II
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East Anglian Danes accepted Edward the Elder's overlordship in 917; killed in battle 918.
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