Æscwine (Essex)

Æscwine (also Æscvvine ) († around 587 ) was possibly the first king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex from around 527 to 587 . It is not certain whether he was actually king.

There is no information about Æscwine from contemporary sources. His name is first mentioned in a genealogy from the late 9th century, in which he is listed as Sledda's father . Offa, about whom nothing else is known, is named as his father. He married his son Sledda to Ricola , daughter of King Eormenric of Kent . Presumably, Æscwine was dependent on Eormenric. After his death around 587, Sledda was his successor.

literature

DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 .

Web links

Kings of Essex (East Saxons) in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ EB Fryde et al. (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks) , Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5 , p. 9.
^ Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews: Genealogies from BL Additional MS 23,211
↑ Beda: HE 2,3
↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 30.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	King of Essex around 527 – around 587	Sledda

personal data
SURNAME	Æscwine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Æscvvine; Aescwine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Essex
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century
DATE OF DEATH	at 587

[1] EB Fryde et al. (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks) , Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5 , p. 9.

[2] Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews: Genealogies from BL Additional MS 23,211

[he2-3-3] Beda: HE 2,3

[4] DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 30.