Æthelberht (Sussex)

Sussex in Anglo-Saxon times

Æthelberht (also: Æthelbert, Æthelbryht, Adelbertus, Ethelbertus, Ethilbercht ; fl. 733/757) was a king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex in the middle of the 8th century.

Life

The chronology is very uncertain for Sussex because of the weak sources of the 8th century. Æthelberht is only known through three charters , which are the only source of information on his life data. His origin is unknown, but he may have been a son of King Æthelstan .

The exact background of his rule is unclear. He can be considered the successor of the sub-kings Nothhelm and Æthelstan, who are dependent on Wessex . His reign could only be determined by the overlap with the tenure of Bishop Sigefrith von Selsey. Presumably Osmund followed as king in Sussex around 758 .

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literature

Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 509-510.
John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 24.

Web links

Æthelberht 6 ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
Æthelberht in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Æthelberht 6 ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
↑ John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 24.
↑ Charter S46
^ Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 509-510.

predecessor	Office	successor
Æthelstan ?	King in Sussex fl. 733/757	Osmund ?

personal data
SURNAME	Æthelberht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Æthelbert; Æthelbryht; Adelbertus; Ethelbertus; Ethilbercht; Aethelbert; Aethelbryht; Æðelberht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King in Sussex
DATE OF BIRTH	before 733
DATE OF DEATH	8th century

[pase-1] Æthelberht 6 ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)

[2] John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 24.

[3] Charter S46

[4] Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 509-510.