Sexred from Essex

Essex in the early Anglo-Saxon period

Sexred (also Seaxred ; † 617 ) was from 616/617 to 617 together with his brother Saeward king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex .

Life

Sexred's father Sæberht had two other sons in addition to Sexred, Saeward and another , whose name has not been passed down. After the death of their father in 616/617 the brothers gave up the Christian faith and ascended the throne together. Sexred 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 Sexred and his brothers fell in a battle against the West Saxon Gewissæ .

His nephew 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
Sæberht	King of Essex 616 / 617–617 with Saeward and a third brother	Sigeberht I.

personal data
SURNAME	Sexred from Essex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seaxred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Essex (616-617)
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century
DATE OF DEATH	617

[he2-5-1] Beda: HE 2.5

[2] 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.

[3] 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.