Kingdom of East Anglia
| Kingdom of the East Angles | ||||||||||
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Ēast Engla Rīce Regnum Orientalium Anglorum |
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| Kingdom of the Angles (6th century—869) Kingdom of the Danes (869–918) Vassal of Mercia (654–655, 794–796, 798–825) Vassal of the Danes (869–918) |
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| Capital | Rendlesham, Dommoc | |||||||||
| Languages | Old English, Latin | |||||||||
| Religion | Anglo-Saxon paganism, Anglo-Saxon Christianity | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
| List of monarchs of East Anglia | ||||||||||
| • | ?–? | Wehha of East Anglia (first) | ||||||||
| • | 902–918 | Guthrum II (last) | ||||||||
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| • | Established | 6th century | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 918 | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of the East Angles (Old English: Ēast Engla Rīce; Latin: Regnum Orientalium Anglorum), today known as the Kingdom of East Anglia, was a small independent kingdom of the Angles comprising what are now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the Fens. The kingdom formed in the 6th century in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain. It was ruled by the Wuffingas in the 7th and 8th centuries, but fell to Mercia in 794, and was conquered by the Danes in 869, forming part of the Danelaw. It was conquered by Edward the Elder and incorporated into the Kingdom of England in 918.
The Kingdom of East Anglia was organized in the first or second quarter of the 6th century with Wehha listed as the first king of the East Angles, followed by Wuffa.
Until 749 the kings of East Anglia were Wuffingas, named after the semi-historical Wuffa. During the early seventh century, under Rædwald of East Anglia, it was a powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Rædwald, the first of the East Anglian kings to be baptised as a Christian, is considered by many experts to be the person who was buried within (or commemorated by) the ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge. During the decades that followed his death in around 624, East Anglia became increasingly dominated by the powerful kingdom of Mercia. Several of Rædwald's successors were killed in battle, such as Sigeberht (killed circa 641). Under Sigeberht's rule and the guidance of his bishop, Felix of Burgundy, Christianity was firmly established in East Anglia.
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