List of monarchs of East Anglia

The kingdom of East Anglia, (also known as the kingdom of the East Angles), was a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom that comprised what are now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the Fens. The kingdom was one of the seven traditional members of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. The East Angles were initially ruled (from the 6th century until 749) by members of the Wuffingas dynasty, named after Wuffa, whose name means 'descendants of the wolf'. The last king was Guthrum II, who ruled in the 10th century.
After 749 East Anglia was ruled by kings whose genealogy is not known, or by sub-kings who were under the control of the kings of Mercia. East Anglia briefly recovered its independence after the death of Offa of Mercia in 796, but Mercian hegemony was soon restored by his successor, Coenwulf.} Between 826 and 869, following an East Anglian revolt in which the Mercian king, Beornwulf, was killed, the East Angles again regained their independence. In 869 a Danish army defeated and killed the last native East Anglian king, Edmund the Martyr. The kingdom then fell into the hands of the Danes and eventually formed part of the Danelaw. In 918 the East Anglian Danes accepted the overlordship of Edward the Elder of Wessex. East Anglia then became part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England.
Many of the regnal dates of the East Anglian kings are considered unreliable, often being based upon computations. Some dates have presented particular problems for scholars: for instance, during the three-year-long period of apostasy that followed the murder of Eorpwald, when it is not known whether any king ruled the East Angles. The main source of information about the early history of the kingdom's rulers is Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
== Chronological list ==
:For a family tree of the East Anglian kings from Wehha to Ælfwald, see Wuffingas.
Timeline	Dynasty 	Reign 	King 	Notes
 	 	 	 	
 	Wuffingas 	d. 571 	Wehha 	Possible ruler; "The first to rule over the East Angles", according to Nennius.
 	Wuffingas 	571-578 (from unknown annal). 	Wuffa 	Possible ruler; son of Wehha and the king after whom the Wuffingas dynasty is named.
 	Wuffingas 	578 (from unknown annal). 	Tytila 	Possible ruler; son of 'Uffa' (Wuffa); acceded in 578, according to the Flores Historiarum.
 	Wuffingas 	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. Rædwald is the first of the Wuffingas of which more than a name is known.
 	Wuffingas 	Died 627 or 628. 	Eorpwald 	Son of Rædwald; murdered by Ricberht.
 	Wuffingas 	c. 627 to c. 630. 	Ricberht 	Possible ruler.
 	Wuffingas 	Acceded c. 630. 	Sigeberht 	Abdicated to lead a monastic life; later slain in battle.
 	Wuffingas 	Acceded c. 630 (ruled jointly with Sigeberht until c. 634). 	Ecgric 	Slain in battle, possibly as late as 641; kinsman of Sigeberht.
 	Wuffingas 	early 640s to c. 653. 	Anna 	Nephew of Rædwald and son of Eni; killed, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
 	Wuffingas 	c. 653 to 655. 	Æthelhere 	Brother of Anna. Slain at the Battle of the Winwaed.
 	Wuffingas 	655 to 663. 	Æthelwold 	Brother of Anna.
 	Wuffingas 	663 to 713. 	Ealdwulf 	Nephew of Anna, Æthelhere and Æthelwold.
 	Wuffingas 	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.
 	East Anglian dynasty 	Unknown. 	Æthelred I 	Possibly succeeded Beonna; sub-king named as the father of Æthelberht II.}
 	East Anglian dynasty 	?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. Executed at the command of Offa.
 	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). Held dominion over the East Angles.
 	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.
 	Mercian dynasty 	 	Ceolwulf 	Brother of Coenwulf; ruled Mercia from 821 to 823.
 	Mercian dynasty 	 	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.
 	East Anglian Dynasty 	c.845 to 855. 	Æthelweard 	
 	East Anglian Dynasty 	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. Political organisation of East Anglia following the death of Edmund is uncertain.
 	Kings under Norse suzerainty 	c.875. 	Oswald 	Sub-king, known only from numismatic evidence.
 	Kings under Norse suzerainty 	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.
 	Danish kingdom of East Anglia 	Ruled until 902. 	Eohric 	Killed in battle (along with Æthelwold) in December 902.
 	Danish kingdom of East Anglia 	902. 	Æthelwold 	Sub-king of the Danes; killed in battle December 902.
 	Danish kingdom of East Anglia 	902 to 918. 	Guthrum II 	Killed in battle 918.
 	East Anglia became part of England after 918. See List of English monarchs	East Anglia became part of England after 918. See List of English monarchs	East Anglia became part of England after 918. See List of English monarchs	East Anglia became part of England after 918. See List of English monarchs
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