Sigeric I.

Essex in the early Anglo-Saxon period

Sigeric (also Siric ) was a king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex who ruled as the successor to Swithred from an unknown date until 798.

All that is known of Sigeric is that he abdicated in 798 to go to Rome as a pilgrim . Sigered succeeded him as king . The further fate of Sigeric and the year of his death are unknown.

swell

anonymous: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 799 (online) in Project Gutenberg (English)

literature

John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain . 2nd revised edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 27.

Web links

Sigeric 3 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
Kings of Essex (East Saxons) in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 27.

predecessor	Office	successor
Swithred	King of Essex ? –798	Sigered

personal data
SURNAME	Sigeric I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Siric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Essex
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century
DATE OF DEATH	after 798

[john27-1] John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 27.