List of Monarchs of East Anglia - Chronological List

Chronological List

For a family tree of the East Anglian kings from Wehha to Ælfwald, see Wuffingas.
Timeline Dynasty Reign King Notes
Wuffingas Unknown. Wehha Possible ruler; "The first to rule over the East Angles", according to Nennius.
571 (from unknown annal). Wuffa Possible ruler; son of Wehha and the king after whom the Wuffingas dynasty is named.
578 (from unknown annal). Tytila Possible ruler; son of 'Uffa' (Wuffa); acceded in 578, according to the Flores Historiarum.
Acceded around 616, died before 627. Rædwald Son of Tytila; named imperium by Bede, later interpreted as Bretwalda. The Flores Historiarum gives 599 for Rædwald's accession. Rædwald is the first of the Wuffingas of which more than a name is known.
Died 627 or 628. Eorpwald Son of Rædwald; murdered by Ricberht.
c. 627 to c. 630. Ricberht Possible ruler.
Acceded c. 630. Sigeberht Abdicated to lead a monastic life; later slain in battle.
Acceded c. 630 (ruled jointly with Sigeberht until c. 634). Ecgric Slain in battle, possibly as late as 641; kinsman of Sigeberht.
early 640s to c. 653. Anna Nephew of Rædwald and son of Eni; killed, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
c. 653 to 655. Æthelhere Brother of Anna. Slain at the Battle of the Winwaed.
655 to 663. Æthelwold Brother of Anna.
663 to 713. Ealdwulf Nephew of Anna, Æthelhere and Æthelwold.
713 to 749. Ælfwald Son of Ealdwulf.
East Anglian dynasty Ruling in 749. Hun, Beorna and Alberht Joint kings, of unknown origin. Alberht is also known as Æthelberht I. Nothing is known of Hun.
Unknown. Æthelred I Possibly succeeded Beorna; sub-king named as the father of Æthelberht II.
?779 to 794. Æthelberht II Accession date is from a late mediaeval source; East Anglian independence indicated by ability of Æthelberht to mint his own coins. Executed at the command of Offa.
Mercian dynasty Offa Ruled Mercia from 757 to July 796; jointly ruled with his son Ecgfrith from 787 (who succeeded him and died after ruling for less than five months). Held dominion over the East Angles.
East Anglian dynasty c. 796 to c. 800. Eadwald Ancestry unknown; emerged as king during a period of instability following the death of Offa.
Mercian dynasty Coenwulf Ruled Mercia from 796 to 821: held dominion over the East Angles after Eadwald's brief reign; no precise date is known for the start of his overlordship in East Anglia.
Ceolwulf Brother of Coenwulf; ruled Mercia from 821 to 823.
Beornwulf Of unknown origin; Ruled Mercia from 823. to 826; killed during an East Anglian revolt.
East Anglian Dynasty 827 to 845. Æthelstan May have led a revolt against the Mercians in 825. East Anglian independence re-established at his accession.
c.845 to 855. Æthelweard
855 to 869. Edmund (Eadmund) The last native East Anglian king; acceded at the age of 14 (according to Asser); killed by the Vikings 20 November 869; canonised. Political organisation of East Anglia following the death of Edmund is uncertain.
Kings under Norse suzerainty c.875. Oswald Sub-king, known only from numismatic evidence.
c.875. Æthelred II Sub-king, known only from numismatic evidence.
Danish kingdom of East Anglia c. 879 to 890. Guthrum East Anglia was awarded to him in 879 as part of a peace settlement with Alfred the Great of Wessex.
Ruled until 902. Eohric Killed in battle (along with Æthelwold) in December 902.
902. Æthelwold Sub-king of the Danes; killed in battle December 902.
902 to 918. Guthrum II Killed in battle 918.
East Anglia became part of England after 918. See List of English monarchs

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