Kingdom of Essex
List of kings
The following list of kings may omit whole generations.

Kingdom of Essex

Section Title: List of kings
Table Section Text: The following list of kings may omit whole generations.

Reign	Incumbent	Notes

527 to 587	(perhaps) Æscwine or Erchenwine	First king according to some sources, others saying son Sledd was first

587 to ante 604	Sledd	Son of Æscwine/Erchenwine

ante 604 to 616/7?	Sæberht	Son of Sledd

616/7? to 623?	Sexred	Son of Sæberht. Joint king with Saeward and a third brother; killed in battle against the West Saxons

616/7? to 623?	Saeward	Son of Sæberht. Joint king with Sexred and a third brother; killed in battle against the West Saxons

616/7? to 623?	(another son of Sæberht name unknown)	Joint king with Sexred and Saeward; killed in battle against the West Saxons

623? to ante c.653	Sigeberht the Little

c.653 to 660	Sigeberht the Good	Apparently son of Sæward. Saint Sigeberht; Saint Sebbi (Feast Day 29 August)

660 to 664	Swithhelm

664 to 683	Sighere	son of a Sigeberht, probably 'the Good'. Joint-king with Sæbbi

664 to c.694	Sæbbi	Son of Sexred. Joint-king with Sighere; abdicated in favour of his son Sigeheard

c.694 to c.709	Sigeheard	Joint-king with his brother Swaefred

c.695 to c.709	Swæfred	Son of Sæbbi. Joint-king with his brother Sigeheard

c. 709	Offa	Joint-king during latter part of reign of Swæfred and perhaps Sigeheard

c.709? to 746	Saelred	Representing distant line descended from Sledd. Probably joint-king with Swaefbert

c.715 to 738	Swæfbert	Probably joint-king with Saelred

746 to 758	Swithred	Grandson of Sigeheard

758 to 798	Sigeric	Son of Saelred. Abdicated

798 to 812	Sigered	Son of Sigeric. Mercia defeated by Egbert of Wessex, sub-kingdom of Essex subsumed into Wessex; from 812 to about 825 held it only as dux.

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Sigered was the last king of Essex.
Sigered was the last king of Essex.
After the defeat of the Mercian king around 825, Sigered, the last king of Essex, ceded the kingdom, which then became a possession of the Wessex king Egbert.

final_sentence: Sigered was the last king of Essex.
final_sentence: Sigered was the last king of Essex.
final_sentence: After the defeat of the Mercian king around 825, Sigered, the last king of Essex, ceded the kingdom, which then became a possession of the Wessex king Egbert.