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Sigeberht (meaning roughly "Magnificent Victory") was the King of Wessex from 754 or 755, to around 756. Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred , but was then accused of acting unjustly. After ruling a year he was accused of unlawful acts and removed from power by the witan or council of nobles. [ 1 ]
12th King of Wessex 674–676: Ingild? Ine c. 670 –after 726 15th King of Wessex 689–726: Æthelburg? Æthelheard d. 740? 16th King of Wessex 726–740: Cuthred d. 756 17th King of Wessex 740–756: Eanwulf? Eoppa? Sigeberht? 18th King of Wessex 756–757: Cyneheard d. 786: Cynewulf d. 786 19th King of Wessex 757–786: Thingfrith? Eafa ...
East Anglia was awarded to him in 878 as part of the Treaty of Wedmore with Alfred the Great of Wessex. Died in 890 at the age of 55. [28] 890 [27] to 902. [9] Eohric: Killed in battle (along with Æthelwold) in December 902. 902 [9] Æthelwold: Underking of the Danes; killed in battle in December 902. [29] 902 [9] to 918. Guthrum II
Sigeberht of East Anglia (also known as Saint Sigebert), (Old English: Sigebryht) was a saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the first English king to receive a Christian baptism and education before his succession and the first to abdicate in order to ...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that King Cynewulf of Wessex is killed in a surprise attack at his mistress's house in "Meretun" by Cyneheard the Ætheling (brother of the deposed Sigeberht), who also dies in the attack; Beorhtric takes the throne. [6] 787. Offa issues the first silver penny. [1]
Sigebert (which means roughly "magnificent victory"), also spelled Sigibert, Sigobert, Sigeberht, or Siegeberht, is the name of: Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings [ edit ]
It was established by Sigeberht of East Anglia for Saint Felix in c. 629–631. It remained the bishopric of all East Anglia until c. 673, when Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, divided the see and created a second bishopric, the See of Elmham associated with both North Elmham, Norfolk and South Elmham, Suffolk.
This is a category for monarchs of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.. The question of who qualifies as a monarch of Wessex is sometimes a difficult question to answer. One approach is to say that no monarchs after Ælfred should be included, since from that time forward Wessex ceased to exist as a separate political entity.