King of East Anglia

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The King of East Anglia was the monarch ruling the early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia, located in what is now eastern England.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of East Anglia canonical 4
King of the East Angles 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title
royal office
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of East Anglia
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction modern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
parts of Cambridgeshire
coatOfArms no historically attested contemporary arms
country Kingdom of East Anglia
dissolvedOrAbolished 9th century
endCause Viking conquest of East Anglia
followedBy Earl of East Anglia
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
hasCapital Rendlesham (probable royal centre)
linked to: Rendlesham

Sutton Hoo area (royal burial site)
hasGender typically male
hasLanguage Old English
hasReligion Anglo-Saxon paganism
Christianity
hasRole judicial authority in East Anglia
military leadership of East Anglia
religious patronage in East Anglia
historicalRegion eastern England
inception 6th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Anglo-Saxon England
East Anglia
England
notableHolder Anna of East Anglia
Edmund the Martyr
Eorpwald of East Anglia
Rædwald of East Anglia
Æthelberht II of East Anglia
partOf Anglo-Saxon monarchy
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England

Heptarchy
positionHeldBy members of the Wuffingas family
precededBy local tribal chieftains in East Anglia
replacedBy Danish rulers of East Anglia
seatOfGovernment royal vill at Rendlesham (probable)
selectionMethod hereditary succession within royal kin-group
significantEvent conversion of East Anglia to Christianity under early kings
death of Edmund the Martyr during Viking invasions
overlordship of Rædwald among southern Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
titleHeldBy Anna of East Anglia
Edmund the Martyr
Eorpwald of East Anglia
Rædwald of East Anglia
Æthelberht II of East Anglia
usedBy Anglo-Saxon kings
Wuffingas dynasty

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund the Martyr positionHeld King of East Anglia
St Ethelbert the King positionHeld King of East Anglia
Rædwald of East Anglia positionHeld King of the East Angles
linked to: King of East Anglia
Anna of East Anglia positionHeld King of the East Angles
linked to: King of East Anglia
Æthelhere of East Anglia positionHeld King of the East Angles
linked to: King of East Anglia
Æthelwold of East Anglia positionHeld King of the East Angles
linked to: King of East Anglia
Edmund of East Anglia positionHeld King of East Anglia
subject linked to: King Edmund of East Anglia