Ecgric

The Kingdom of East Anglia in the early Anglo-Saxon period

Ecgric was a 7th century king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia from the Wuffinger dynasty .

Life

Ecgric's origins have not been precisely recorded. Beda Venerabilis referred to him as the cognatus ("blood relative") of King Sigebert . In the early 630s, Ecgric became part of the rulership of Sigebert's sub-king in part of East Anglia. Beda strongly emphasized Sigebert's piety and missionary zeal, while hardly any information was given about Ecgric, who probably adhered to the pagan faith throughout his life.

Sigebert abdicated around 637 and retired as a monk in a monastery he had built. He handed the throne over to his relative Ecgric as sole king. Around 640 Penda , King of Mercia attacked East Anglia. Sigebert, who had the reputation of a famous and courageous military leader, was brought out of the monastery by the defeated Ostangeln to encourage the army in the following battle. In keeping with his vows, he is said to have gone into battle unarmed, with only a staff in hand, in the midst of the army. Sigebert and Ecgric fell in battle, and the East Anglian army was slain or fled. East Anglia survived this defeat and the kingship passed to Anna . After the not always reliable Liber Eliensis, Anna ascended the throne in 635 and 637 respectively.

swell

Beda Venerabilis : Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , Online in the Medieval Sourcebook (English)
Janet Fairweather: Liber Eliensis . A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth, compiled by a Monk of Ely in the Twelfth Century , Boydell, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84383-015-3

literature

Richard Hoggett: The Archeology of the East Anglian Conversion (Anglo-Saxon Studies) , Boydell & Brewer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-595-0

Web links

Ecgric in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Ecgric 1 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Beda: HE 3,18
↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings. Unwin Hyman, London 1991, ISBN 0-04-445691-3 , p. 67.
^ ^A ^b ^c Richard Hoggett: The Archeology of the East Anglian Conversion (Anglo-Saxon Studies) , Boydell & Brewer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-595-0 , pp. 31-32.
↑ Janet Fairweather: Liber Eliensis. A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth, compiled by a Monk of Ely in the Twelfth Century , Boydell, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84383-015-3 , p. 22.
↑ Janet Fairweather: Liber Eliensis. A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth, compiled by a Monk of Ely in the Twelfth Century , Boydell, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84383-015-3 , p. 13.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sigebert	King of East Anglia around 637 – around 640	Anna

personal data
SURNAME	Ecgric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH	at 640

[he3-18-1] Beda: HE 3,18

[2] DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings. Unwin Hyman, London 1991, ISBN 0-04-445691-3 , p. 67.

[ric31-3] A ^b ^c Richard Hoggett: The Archeology of the East Anglian Conversion (Anglo-Saxon Studies) , Boydell & Brewer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-595-0 , pp. 31-32.

[eli22-4] Janet Fairweather: Liber Eliensis. A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth, compiled by a Monk of Ely in the Twelfth Century , Boydell, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84383-015-3 , p. 22.

[eli13-5] Janet Fairweather: Liber Eliensis. A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth, compiled by a Monk of Ely in the Twelfth Century , Boydell, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84383-015-3 , p. 13.