Cultural Associations
Sam Newton has claimed that the poem Beowulf may have been composed during the reign of Ælfwald of East Anglia. Before the end of his rule, Ælfwald's kingdom contained a group of ecclesiatical centres, all of which had strong associations with the Wuffingas dynasty. These included the sees at Dommoc and Helmham, St. Botulph's monastery at Icanho, the religious foundations at Ely and Dereham founded by daughters of Anna, the minster at Blythburgh and the monastery founded by Sigeberht prior to his abdication and subsequent death in battle.
After comparing Sutton Hoo with archaeological sites in Sweden, Sune Lindqvist suggested that the Wuffingas may have been related to the Royal House of Uppsala descended from Wiglaf in 1948.
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