Saeward from Essex
Saeward (also Sævvard ) († 617 ) was from 616 to 617 together with his brother Sexred King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex .
Life
Sæberht had three sons, Sexred , Saeward and another , whose name has not been passed down, who gave up the Christian faith after his death in 616/617 and ascended the throne together. Saeward and his brothers drove the London Bishop Mellitus out of Essex. However, there are no indications of general persecution of Christians , but rather the supremacy of Kent, whose king Æthelberht I had introduced Christianity in Essex in 604 and displaced pagan cults, should be removed . In 617 Saeward and his brothers fell in a battle against the West Saxon Gewissæ .
His son Sigeberht I succeeded the throne.
swell
- Beda Venerabilis : Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , Online in the Medieval Sourcebook (English)
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
- Kings of Essex (East Saxons) in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Beda: HE 2.5
- ^ 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 , p. 135.
- ↑ 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.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Sæberht |
King of Essex 616 / 617–617 together with Sexred and a third brother |
Sigeberht I. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Saeward from Essex |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sævvard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex |
DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 617 |