Watt (Sussex)

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Sussex in Anglo-Saxon times

Watt (also Wattus, Uuattus ; † after 700) was a subregulus (sub-king) of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Sussex , which ruled around in the years 688/692 until after 700.

Life

Watt's origin is unknown.

Sussex had come under the rule of Wessex in the 680s . King Ine of Wessex established Nothhelm and Watt around 688/692 as dependent subreguli (sub-kings) in Sussex. Presumably, the appointment of several sub-kings served to counteract the emerging independence of the country. Watt disappeared from the sources after 700. Around 714 Nothhelm and Æthelstan are documented as kings of Sussex.

Copies of three charters have survived, signed by Watt as a witness. In 692 Nothhelm transferred extensive lands from his personal property to his sister Nothgyth so that she could found a monastery there to "redeem his soul". This and another donation of 20 hidas to Bishop Eadberht von Selsey, had to be countersigned by Watts by the "upper king" Ine, his father Cenred , who presumably ruled in Dorset as the lower king. Apparently Nothhelm and Watt were able to carry out smaller land transfers by mutual agreement without Ines's consent.

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literature

  • Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 509-510.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charter S42
  2. ^ Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 509-510.
  3. ↑ Charter S45
  4. ↑ Charter S43
  5. ↑ Charter S1173
predecessor Office successor
Caedwalla (Wessex) Lower King in Sussex
688/692-after 700
together with Nothhelm 		Æthelstan
personal data
SURNAME watt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wattus; Uuattus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Under King in Sussex
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH after 700