List of Kings
| Lists of the kings of Anglo-Saxon England | |
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| Essex | Mercia |
| East Anglia | Kent |
| Northumbria | Sussex |
| Wessex | |
The following list of kings may omit whole generations.
| Reign | Incumbent | Notes | |
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| 527 to 587 | Aescwine | ÆSCVVINE CENFVSING ESTSEAXNA CYNING ÆSCVVINE REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| 587 to ante 604 | Sledda | SLEDDA ÆSCVVINING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SLEDDA REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| ante 604 to 616/7 | Saebert | SÆBRYHT SLEDDING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SÆBRYHT REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| 616/7 to 617 | Sexred | SEXRED SÆBRYHTING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SEXRED REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Joint king with Saeward; killed in battle against the West Saxons |
| 616/7 to 617 | Saeward | SÆVVARD SÆBRYHTING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SÆVVARD REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Joint king with Sexred; killed in battle against the West Saxons |
| 617 to ante c.653 | Sigeberht the Little | SIGEBRYHT SÆVVARDING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SIGEBRYHT PARVVS REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| c.653 to 660 | Sigeberht the Good | SIGEBRYHT SÆVVARDING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SIGEBRYHT SANCTVS REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Saint Sigeberht; Saint Sebbi (Feast Day 29 August) |
| 660 to 664 | Swithelm | SVVIÞELM ESTSEAXNA CYNING SVVIÞELM REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| 664 to 683 | Sighere | SIGHERE SIGEBRYHTING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SIGHERE REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Joint-king with Sebbi |
| 664 to c.694 | Sebbi | SEBBI ESTSEAXNA CYNING SEBBI REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Joint-king with Sighere; abdicated in favour of his son Sigeheard |
| c.694 to c.709 | Sigeheard | SIGEHEARD SEBBING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SIGEHEARD REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Joint-king with his brother Swaefred |
| c.695 to ante c.709 | Swaefred (Swaebheard) |
SVVÆFRED SIGEHEARDING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SVVÆFRED REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Joint-king with his brother Sigeheard |
| 709 | Offa | OFFA SIGEHERING ESTSEAXNA CYNING OFFA REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Abdicated |
| c.709 to 746 | Saelred (Swebert) |
SÆLRED SIGEBRYHTING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SÆLRED REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Probably joint-king with Swaefbert |
| c.715 to 738 | Swaefbert | SVVÆFBRYHT ESTSEAXNA CYNING SVVÆFBRYHT REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Probably joint-king with Saelred |
| 746 to 758 | Svvithred | SVVIÞRED SIGEMVNDING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SVVIÞRED REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| 758 to 798 | Sigeric | SIGERIC ESTSEAXNA CYNING SIGERIC REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
Abdicated |
| 798 to 812 | Sigered | SIGERED SIGERICING ESTSEAXNA CYNING SIGERED REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM |
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| 812 to 825 | SIGERED DVX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM | Rank reduced by Mercian overlords | |
| c.825 | Mercia defeated by Egbert of Wessex, sub-kingdom of Essex subsumed into Wessex | ||
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