Sighere

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Essex in the early Anglo-Saxon period

Sighere (also Sigehere or Sigheri ; † around 690) was, together with Sebbi , from around 664 to around 690 king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex .

Life

According to William of Malmesbury , a 12th century historian, Sighere was a son of King Sigeberht I of Essex (around 617 – around 650).

King Swithhelm died around 664 when an epidemic broke out across Britain that claimed numerous victims. He was succeeded by Sighere and Sebbi as kings each over part of Essex. Sebbi remained devoted to Christianity, while Sighere and the population of his part of the empire fell back into paganism. This led to rivalries between the two, which were reinforced by the influence of Wessex and Mercia , with Wessex allied with Sighere and Mercia with Sebbi. Wolfhere of Mercia (658–675) used this apostasy as a pretext for meddling in Essex. Around 665 he sent the Mercian bishop Jaruman to Essex for re-Christianization. In fact, it was about control of the thriving commercial center of London. In a charter from 664 he described himself as Sighere Rex ... Regi Uulfhero subjectus ("King Sighere ... subject of King Wulfhere").

Sighere appears to have invaded the Kingdom of Kent in alliance with Caedwalla of Wessex and to have ruled it together with Caedwalla's brother Mul for a time in the late 680s . The year Sighere died was Roger von Wendover , a 13th century historian, at 693, but Sighere probably died around 690, as the last charter, dated between 687 and 691, suggests with his signature. Sebbi now ruled as sole king in Essex, but abdicated in 694 in favor of his sons Sigeheard and Swaefred and Sighere's son Offa .

Legend

Sighere is said to have been married to St. Osyth, a daughter of the sub-king Frithuwold of Surrey , and niece of Wulfheres of Mercia. Around 673 Sighere separated again from Osyth, who fled to Bishop Badwine of North Elmham. She founds the monastery, later named after her St. Osyth, for which she received land from her husband, who apparently accepted the new situation.

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literature

  • Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)
  • Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (Eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 0-631-22492-0 .
  • John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain. 2. revised Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 27.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sigehere 1.  ( 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  
  2. ↑ Beda: HE 3.27
  3. ↑ a b Beda: HE 3,30
  4. ^ A b Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-415-16639-X , p. 49.
  5. ↑ BAE Yorke: The Kingdom of Essex. In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Pp. 174-175.
  6. ↑ p68
  7. ↑ S233
  8. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of the East Saxons. In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Pp. 510-511.
  9. ^ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge, 2002, ISBN 0-415-16639-X , p. 54.
  10. ↑ Osith at britannia.com
predecessor Office successor
Swithhelm
possibly together with Swithfrith 		King of Essex
around 664– around 690
together with Sebbi 		Sigeheard
Swaefred
Offa (Essex)
personal data
SURNAME Sighere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigehere; Sigheri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Essex
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH around 690