Sigered (Essex)
Sigered (also Sigred, Sired or Sigredus ; * before 798, † around 827) was king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex from 798 to 825 .
Life
In 798 Sigered succeeded his father Sigeric I as king. He is known from some charters he signed as a witness. In 811, as rex (king) , he signed some documents from King Cenwulf of Mercia . From 812 he only recorded as a subregulus (sub-king), a reduction in rank that was apparently carried out under pressure from Mercia. Possibly he was identical with Sigered dux (about "Duke" Sigered), who notarized Cenwulf's charters from 814 onwards. Some historians see the identity as certain. In 825, Egbert von Wessex defeated Mercia at the Battle of Ellandun . Following this victory, Kent , Surrey , the Kingdom of Sussex and the Kingdom of Essex submitted to the rule of Wessex . Sigered was expelled and Essex was annexed to the Kingdom of Wessex as a sub-kingdom.
Sigered died around 827. According to some historians, Sigered and his successor Sigeric II are the same person.
literature
- Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (Eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 .
- John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 28.
Web links
- Sigered 4 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
- Kings of Essex (East Saxons) in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=165 S165, S167 and S168
- ↑ S170
- ↑ p173
- ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of the East Saxons , In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 510-511. and Sigered 4 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
- ↑ a b John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 28.
- ↑ BAE Yorke: The Kingdom of Essex , In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 174-175.
- ↑ Tom Williamson: The Origins of Hertfordshire , University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-905313-95-2 , p. 95.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Sigeric I. |
King of Essex 798? - after 823 |
Sigeric II. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sigered |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sigred; Sired; Sigredus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King or Duke of Essex |
DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
DATE OF DEATH | at 827 |