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    the orders of Offa of Mercia in 794. Æthelberht was locally canonised and became the focus of cults in East Anglia and at Hereford, where the shrine of...
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  • Æthelberht may refer to: Æthelberht I of East Anglia, floruit circa 749 Æthelberht II of East Anglia (died 794), Saint Æthelberht This disambiguation...
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    of East Anglia and Essex. His conversion in Kent would have affiliated him with Æthelberht, bringing him directly into the sphere of Kent. In East Anglia...
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  • teacher Æthelberht II of East Anglia (died 794), saint and King of East Anglia Æthelberht of Whithorn (died 797), Bishop of Whithorn Æthelberht, King of...
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    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...
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    established.[citation needed] From the death of Æthelberht II by the Mercians in 794 until 825, East Anglia ceased to be an independent kingdom, apart from...
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  • Æþelwald "noble ruler"; reigned c. 654 – 664), was a 7th-century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English...
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  • Suffolk town of Bury St. Edmunds. Æthelred was the father of Æthelberht II of East Anglia, who succeeded him in the 770s. William of Malmesbury 1847, p...
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  • St Ethelbert, Æthelbert or Æthelberht may refer to: Æthelberht of Kent c. 560–616 Æthelberht II of East Anglia d. 794 This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • Guthrum (Old English: Guðrum, c. 835 – c. 890) was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century. Originally a native of Denmark, he was one of the leaders...
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  • occurred following the death of Ælfwald. He connects Alberht with Æthelberht II of East Anglia and states that Alberht was still ruling in 794, which would...
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    of the southeast. He also became the overlord of East Anglia and had King Æthelberht II of East Anglia beheaded in 794, perhaps for rebelling against him...
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  • Æthelberht (/ˈæθəlbərt/; also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; Old English: Æðelberht [ˈæðelberˠxt]; c. 550 – 24 February 616) was King...
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    Beonna. It is generally accepted that Alberht and the later Æthelberht II, who ruled East Anglia until his death in 794, are different kings, but the historian...
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  • Ricberht (Old English: Ricbyhrt), may have briefly ruled East Anglia, a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today forms the English counties of...
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    Ƿuffa) is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies as an early king of East Anglia. If historical, he would have lived in the 6th century. By tradition...
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    Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death. Few historical...
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  • Wehha of East Anglia is listed by Anglo-Saxon records as a king of the East Angles. If he existed, Wehha ruled the East Angles as a pagan king during the...
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    to an Archbishopric, wrote to Offa and Cynethryth jointly. Æthelberht II, King of East Anglia (died 20 May 794) – who was later canonised as Saint Ethelbert...
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  • guide to the rulers of the kingdom. After the killing of King Æthelberht II of East Anglia in 794, only two kings—Edmund, better known as Saint Edmund the...
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  • Ealdwulf (Old English: Aldwulf), also known as Aldulf or Adulf, was king of East Anglia from c. 664 to 713. He was the son of Hereswitha, a Northumbrian princess...
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  • 839–851) Æthelberht, King (fl. 855–866) Æthelred, King (866–871) Mercia (complete list – Coenwulf, King (796–821), also King of Kent and of East Anglia Ceolwulf...
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  • two different canonized kings of that name: Æthelberht II of East Anglia d. 20 May 794. Martyred. Æthelberht of Kent c. 550 – 24 February 616. Anglo-Saxon...
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    led by Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson, invades East Anglia. King Edmund of East Anglia buys peace with a supply of horses. Viking king Ragnar...
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    It was Æthelberht, and not Sæberht, who built and endowed St. Paul's in London, where St. Paul's Cathedral now stands. Bede describes Æthelberht as Sæberht's...
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  • and escapes to exile. King Offa of Mercia takes control of East Anglia. King Æthelberht II mints his own coins, in defiance of his overlord (approximate...
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    brothers Æthelbald and Æthelberht. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describes the Great Heathen Army of Danes landing in East Anglia with the intent of conquering...
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  • Rædwald of East Anglia Reccared I, king of visigoths, and Hermenegild, sub-king in Baetica, converted from Arianism to the Nicene faith. Æthelberht of Kent...
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    of Ingerman, count of Hesbaye (modern Belgium). May 20 – King Æthelberht II of East Anglia visits the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls (Herefordshire)...
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    four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother, Alfred the Great. Æthelred had...
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