King of East Anglia

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The King of East Anglia was the monarch ruling the early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia, located in what is now eastern England.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of East Anglia canonical 4
King of the East Angles 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title ⓘ
royal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of East Anglia ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction modern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk ⓘ
parts of Cambridgeshire ⓘ
coatOfArms no historically attested contemporary arms ⓘ
country Kingdom of East Anglia ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 9th century ⓘ
endCause Viking conquest of East Anglia ⓘ
followedBy Earl of East Anglia ⓘ
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Rendlesham (probable royal centre) ⓘ
linked to: Rendlesham

Sutton Hoo area (royal burial site) ⓘ
hasGender typically male ⓘ
hasLanguage Old English ⓘ
hasReligion Anglo-Saxon paganism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasRole judicial authority in East Anglia ⓘ
military leadership of East Anglia ⓘ
religious patronage in East Anglia ⓘ
historicalRegion eastern England ⓘ
inception 6th century ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
East Anglia ⓘ
England ⓘ
notableHolder Anna of East Anglia ⓘ
Edmund the Martyr ⓘ
Eorpwald of East Anglia ⓘ
Rædwald of East Anglia ⓘ
Æthelberht II of East Anglia ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England

Heptarchy ⓘ
positionHeldBy members of the Wuffingas family ⓘ
precededBy local tribal chieftains in East Anglia ⓘ
replacedBy Danish rulers of East Anglia ⓘ
seatOfGovernment royal vill at Rendlesham (probable) ⓘ
selectionMethod hereditary succession within royal kin-group ⓘ
significantEvent conversion of East Anglia to Christianity under early kings ⓘ
death of Edmund the Martyr during Viking invasions ⓘ
overlordship of Rædwald among southern Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
titleHeldBy Anna of East Anglia ⓘ
Edmund the Martyr ⓘ
Eorpwald of East Anglia ⓘ
Rædwald of East Anglia ⓘ
Æthelberht II of East Anglia ⓘ
usedBy Anglo-Saxon kings ⓘ
Wuffingas dynasty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund the Martyr → positionHeld → King of East Anglia ⓘ
St Ethelbert the King → positionHeld → King of East Anglia ⓘ
Rædwald of East Anglia → positionHeld → King of the East Angles ⓘ
linked to: King of East Anglia
Anna of East Anglia → positionHeld → King of the East Angles ⓘ
linked to: King of East Anglia
Æthelhere of East Anglia → positionHeld → King of the East Angles ⓘ
linked to: King of East Anglia
Æthelwold of East Anglia → positionHeld → King of the East Angles ⓘ
linked to: King of East Anglia
Edmund of East Anglia → positionHeld → King of East Anglia ⓘ
subject linked to: King Edmund of East Anglia