Sigeric II.

Sigeric II. (Also Sigric ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex from 825 to around 840 .

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 . King Sigered was expelled and Essex was annexed to the Kingdom of Wessex as a sub-kingdom. At least in Mercia Sigeric II was recognized as king, but no statements can be made about the nature and extent of his position of power. Sigeric II was the last to call himself “King of the East Saxons” in a document. In the Charter S1791 he was only appointed minister(Latin for "servant, helper") titled by King Wiglaf of Mercien .

According to some historians, Sigeric II and his predecessor Sigered 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

• Sigeric 4 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BAE Yorke: The Kingdom of Essex , In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 174-175.
2. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of the East Saxons , In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , pp. 510-511.
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. 28.
4. ↑ Tom Williamson: The Origins of Hertfordshire , University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1905313952 , p. 95.

predecessor	Office	successor
Sigered	King of Essex around 825– around 840	- Essex became an earldom of Wessex