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| 2 | Kingdom of Essex - List of kings |  |  |
| 3 | Reign | Incumbent | Notes |
| 4 | 527 to 587 | (perhaps) Æscwine or Erchenwine | First king according to some sources, others saying son Sledd was first |
| 5 | 587 to ante 604 | Sledd | Son of Æscwine/Erchenwine |
| 6 | ante 604 to 616/7? | Sæberht | Son of Sledd |
| 7 | 616/7? to 623? | Sexred | Son of Sæberht. Joint king with Saeward and a third brother; killed in battle against the West Saxons |
| 8 | 616/7? to 623? | Saeward | Son of Sæberht. Joint king with Sexred and a third brother; killed in battle against the West Saxons |
| 9 | 616/7? to 623? | (another son of Sæberht name unknown) | Joint king with Sexred and Saeward; killed in battle against the West Saxons |
| 10 | 623? to ante c.653 | Sigeberht the Little | - |
| 11 | c.653 to 660 | Sigeberht the Good | Apparently son of Sæward. Saint Sigeberht; Saint Sebbi (Feast Day 29 August) |
| 12 | 660 to 664 | Swithhelm | - |
| 13 | 664 to 683 | Sighere | son of a Sigeberht, probably 'the Good'. Joint-king with Sæbbi |
| 14 | 664 to c.694 | Sæbbi | Son of Sexred. Joint-king with Sighere; abdicated in favour of his son Sigeheard |
| 15 | c.694 to c.709 | Sigeheard | Joint-king with his brother Swaefred |
| 16 | c.695 to c.709 | Swæfred | Son of Sæbbi. Joint-king with his brother Sigeheard |
| 17 | c. 709 | Offa | Joint-king during latter part of reign of Swæfred and perhaps Sigeheard |
| 18 | c.709? to 746 | Saelred | Representing distant line descended from Sledd. Probably joint-king with Swaefbert |
| 19 | c.715 to 738 | Swæfbert | Probably joint-king with Saelred |
| 20 | 746 to 758 | Swithred | Grandson of Sigeheard |
| 21 | 758 to 798 | Sigeric | Son of Saelred. Abdicated |
| 22 | 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. |

Question: Who was the last king of Essex?
Answer: Sigered was the last king of Essex.