Sæberht

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Essex in the early Anglo-Saxon period

Sæberht (also Saba, Saberct, Sæbryht, Sæbyrht or Sigebyrht ; † 616/617) was king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex from before 604 until his death .

Life

Sæberht's father was Sledda and his mother was Ricola , a sister of King Æthelberht I of Kent. He was employed as king of Essex before 604 I of his uncle Aethelberht and converted the first king of Essex to Christianity . Æthelberht von Kent was his godfather around 604. Then a bishopric for Essex was set up in London , which was occupied by Bishop Mellitus . Sæberht had three sons, Sexred , Saeward and another , whose name has not been passed down, who gave up the Christian faith after his death and ascended the throne together.

In 2003, a richly furnished princely burial chamber was discovered in Prittlewell (district of Southend-on-Sea ). a. found two small crosses made of sheet gold. Initial assumptions were based on an emergence in the 7th century; the dead person in the chamber should be either Sæberht or Sigeberht II . More detailed investigations date the burial to the late 6th century, around 580. The deceased could be Sæberht's younger brother Seaxa, who died before him.

According to a later legend, Sæberht and his wife Æthelgoda are said to have built a church dedicated to Saint Peter on Thorney Island (" Island of Thorns ") near London, in which, according to the legend, they were buried.

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literature

  • John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 26.
  • Nicholas J. Higham: The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England , Manchester University Press, Manchester 1997, ISBN 0-7190-4827-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Beda: HE 2,3
  2. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 604
  3. ^ Ian Hodder: Interpreting Archeology: Finding Meaning in the Past , Routledge, 1997, ISBN 978-0-415-15744-5 (Paperback), p. 207.
  4. ↑ Beda: HE 5.24
  5. ↑ Beda: HE 2.5
  6. ↑ Britain's equivalent to Tutankhamun found in Southend-on-Sea , The Guardian, May 9, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019
  7. ↑ Emma Mason: Westminster Abbey and its People c.1050-c.1216 , Boydell & Brewer, 1996, ISBN 978-0851153964 , p. 2.
predecessor Office successor
Sledda King of Essex
before 604–616 / 617 		Sexred
Saeward
a third brother
personal data
SURNAME Sæberht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saba; Saberct; Sæbryht; Sæbyrht; Sigebyrht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Essex
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH 616 or 617