Sigered (Essex)

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Essex in the early Anglo-Saxon period

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=165 S165, S167 and S168
  2. ↑ S170
  3. ↑ p173
  4. ↑ 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)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk  
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ BAE Yorke: The Kingdom of Essex , In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 174-175.
  7. ↑ Tom Williamson: The Origins of Hertfordshire , University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-905313-95-2 , p. 95.
predecessor Office successor
Sigeric I. King of Essex
798? - after 823 		Sigeric II.
personal data
SURNAME Sigered
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigred; Sired; Sigredus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King or Duke of Essex
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH at 827