List of monarchs of East Anglia
Chronological list

List of monarchs of East Anglia

Section Title: Chronological list
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Timeline	Dynasty	Reign	King	Notes

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Wuffingas	d. 571	Wehha	Possible ruler; "The first to rule over the East Angles", according to Nennius.

571-578 (from unknown annal).	Wuffa	Possible ruler; son of Wehha and the king after whom the Wuffingas dynasty is named.

578 (from unknown annal).	Tytila	Possible ruler; son of 'Uffa' (Wuffa); acceded in 578, according to the Flores Historiarum.

Acceded around 616, died before 627.	Rædwald	Son of Tytila; named imperium by Bede, later interpreted as Bretwalda. The Flores Historiarum gives 599 for Rædwald's accession.

Died 627 or 628.	Eorpwald	Son of Rædwald; murdered by Ricberht.

c. 627 to c. 630.	Ricberht	Possible ruler.

Acceded c. 630.	Sigeberht	Abdicated to lead a monastic life; later slain in battle.

Acceded c. 630 (ruled jointly with Sigeberht until c. 634).	Ecgric	Slain in battle, possibly as late as 641; kinsman of Sigeberht.

early 640s to c. 653.	Anna	Nephew of Rædwald and son of Eni; killed, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

c. 653 to 655.	Æthelhere	Brother of Anna. Slain at the Battle of the Winwaed.

655 to 663.	Æthelwold	Brother of Anna.

663 to 713.	Ealdwulf	Nephew of Anna, Æthelhere and Æthelwold.

713 to 749.	Ælfwald	Son of Ealdwulf.

East Anglian dynasty	Ruling in 749.	Beonna, Alberht and possibly Hun	Joint kings, of unknown origin. Alberht is also known as Æthelberht I. Nothing is known of Hun.

Unknown.	Æthelred I	Possibly succeeded Beonna; sub-king named as the father of Æthelberht II.

?779 to 794.	Æthelberht II	Accession date is from a late mediaeval source; East Anglian independence indicated by ability of Æthelberht to mint his own coins.

Mercian dynasty	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).

East Anglian dynasty	c. 796 to c. 800.	Eadwald	Ancestry unknown; emerged as king during a period of instability following the death of Offa.

Mercian dynasty	Coenwulf	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.

Ceolwulf	Brother of Coenwulf; ruled Mercia from 821 to 823.

Beornwulf	Of unknown origin; Ruled Mercia from 823. to 826; killed during an East Anglian revolt.

East Anglian Dynasty	827 to 845.	Æthelstan	May have led a revolt against the Mercians in 825. East Anglian independence re-established at his accession.

c.845 to 855.	Æthelweard

855 to 869.	Edmund (Eadmund)	The last native East Anglian king; acceded at the age of 14 (according to Asser); killed by the Vikings 20 November 869; canonised.

Kings under Norse suzerainty	c.875.	Oswald	Sub-king, known only from numismatic evidence.

c.875.	Æthelred II	Sub-king, known only from numismatic evidence.

Danish kingdom of East Anglia	c. 879 to 890.	Guthrum	East Anglia was awarded to him in 879 as part of a peace settlement with Alfred the Great of Wessex.

Ruled until 902.	Eohric	Killed in battle (along with Æthelwold) in December 902.

902.	Æthelwold	Sub-king of the Danes; killed in battle December 902.

902 to 918.	Guthrum II	Killed in battle 918.

East Anglia became part of England after 918. See List of English monarchs

Sentence(s)

Æthelhere was King of East Anglia from 653.

final_sentence: Æthelhere was King of East Anglia from 653.