page_title: Sigered of Essex
hierarchical_section_title: Sigered of Essex
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Généalogie des rois Swithred et Sigered d'Essex.
context_page_description: Sigered of Essex was the last king of Essex from 798 to 825. The son of Sigeric of Essex, Sigered became king when his father abdicated the throne.
  In 812 Sigered was reduced from king to duke by his Mercian overlords. In 825 he finally ceded the kingdom of Essex to Egbert of Wessex.
context_section_description: Sigered of Essex was the last king of Essex from 798 to 825. The son of Sigeric of Essex, Sigered became king when his father abdicated the throne.
  In 812 Sigered was reduced from king to duke by his Mercian overlords. In 825 he finally ceded the kingdom of Essex to Egbert of Wessex.
caption: The ancestry of Sigered in MS BL Add. 23211.
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