Sigeberht (meaning roughly "Magnificent Victory") was the King of Wessex from 754 or 755, to around 756. Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred...

stronger and more independent Wessex. He was succeeded by Sigeberht who is identified as his distant relative. House of Wessex family tree Sharon Turner,...

male descendant of Cerdic. Cynewulf became king after his predecessor, Sigeberht, was deposed. He may have come to power under the influence of Æthelbald...

from Cerdic. In 786, Cynewulf, the King of Wessex, was killed by Cyneheard, brother of the former King Sigeberht. Cyneheard died soon after. Either with...

saint and a king of the East Angles (reigned c. 629–c. 634) Sigeberht of Wessex, King of Wessex (reigned 756–757) Sigebert of Gembloux (c. 1030–1112), Belgian...

This is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons (Wessex) until 886 AD. For later monarchs, see the List of English monarchs. While the details...

Sigeberht the Little was king of Essex from 623? to 653. A Sigeberht was the son of Sæward, who was slain in battle against forces from Wessex in 623(...

Mercia. Several of Rædwald's successors were killed in battle, such as Sigeberht, under whose rule and with the guidance of his bishop, Felix of Burgundy...

late king Sigeberht, ambushes and kills his rival Cynewulf of Wessex, while he is at Meretun (now called Marten) with his mistress. The Wessex nobles refuse...

Essex royal family and that Sigeberht was Rædwald's stepson, as was stated by William of Malmesbury in the 12th century. Sigeberht earned the enmity of his...

the reigns of Sexræd and Sæward and their successor Sigeberht. Bede records that in 653, Sigeberht the Good was convinced by King Ōswīg of Northumbria...

Chronicle's description under this date (now dated 757), of King Sigeberht of Wessex being deposed by Cynewulf, is notably fuller than earlier entries...

Wintancestir. Agilbert resigns in protest and travels north to Northumbria. King Sigeberht II of Essex is murdered by his brothers, Swithelm and Swithfrith, and...

Sæbbi from 663/4 to about 688. He was son of Sigeberht Sæwarding, probably Saint Sigeberht, but perhaps Sigeberht the Little. He was outlived by Sæbbi, who...

the forces of Wessex. They were succeeded by Sigeberht the Little. Some sources suggest that their direct successor was actually Sigeberht the Good. The...

Æthelberht of Kent before 601 (see Gregorian mission) Cenwalh of Wessex Cynegils of Wessex Sigeberht of East Anglia Riderch I of Alt Clut Peada of Mercia Edwin...

was the brother of Sigeberht, briefly King of Wessex. Sigeberht was deposed in 757 with the agreement of the Witan. Cynewulf of Wessex succeeded as King...

Anglia, Northumbria, and parts of Mercia, and overran Alfred the Great's Wessex, but were ultimately defeated by Alfred at the Battle of Edington in 878...

Anglian army and Ecgric and his predecessor Sigeberht were both slain. D. P. Kirby has suggested that as Sigeberht was alive when the Irish monk Fursey left...

foundation of a monastery. 652 Cenwalh of Wessex wins a battle at Bradford-on-Avon. 653 Sigeberht the Good succeeds Sigeberht the Little as king of Essex. The...

was Sigered of Essex, who in 825 ceded the kingdom to Ecgberht, King of Wessex. The Kingdom of Essex was bounded to the north by the River Stour and the...

England is lost. King Sigeberht of Wessex acts unjustly and is removed from power by a council of nobles, in favor of Cynewulf. Sigeberht is given control...

reverted to heathenism, before Christianity was re-established by Sigeberht. Sigeberht eventually abdicated in favour of his co-ruler Ecgric, after which...

757 King Æthelbald of Mercia murdered; succeeded by Offa. King Sigeberht of Wessex deposed and murdered; succeeded by Cynewulf. Wat's Dyke constructed...

The entry for 755, describing how Cynewulf took the kingship of Wessex from Sigeberht, is far longer than the surrounding entries, and includes direct...

basis in the Germanic legal tradition. In the 9th century, the Kingdom of Wessex absorbed the other kingdoms, creating the unified Kingdom of England. The...

and pays tribute. King Sigeberht I of Essex dies after a 36-year reign, and is succeeded by his relative Sigeberht II. Sigeberht II is persuaded by Oswiu...

Sigeberht of East Anglia, who spent some time in exile in Gaul, where he became a Christian. After his step-brother Eorpwald was killed, Sigeberht returned...

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...

Anglo-Saxon bishops of the Kingdom of East Anglia. It was established by Sigeberht of East Anglia for Saint Felix in c. 629–631. It remained the bishopric...