Rule
The East Angles seemed to have maintained their independence for a period after Ecgfrith's death, with Eadwald as their king, but the East Angles were eventually reconquered once Coenwulf became king of Mercia in 798, during a campaign in which Kent was also brought back under Mercian control. Scholars have suggested that Coenwulf may have been permitted Eadwald to rule East Anglia. It is not known with any certainty for how long Eadwald was king.
Eadwald died, or was at least deposed, in 798. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle omits any mention of an East Anglian king for this period.
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