{"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837998", "qid": "Q837998", "description": "Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southeast Britain", "entries": 37, "years": 32, "span": [520, 917], "span_label": ["520 CE", "917 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 16}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "great-heathen-army", "label": "Great Heathen Army", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "alfred-the-great", "label": "Alfred the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "exeter", "label": "Exeter", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-northumbria", "label": "Kingdom of Northumbria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-essex", "label": "Kingdom of Essex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "baptism", "label": "Baptism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 520, "year_label": "520 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of East Anglia is formed, by the merging of the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and perhaps the eastern part of The Fens (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364908909#Britannia", "title": "520", "revid": 1364908909, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 571, "year_label": "571 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Wuffa becomes the first king of East Anglia, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751956#Britain", "title": "571", "revid": 1364751956, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 578, "year_label": "578 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wuffa, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Deaths", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 599, "year_label": "599 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Rædwald becomes king (bretwalda) of East Anglia (East of England), under the overlordship of Æthelberht of Kent (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752063#Britain", "title": "599", "revid": 1364752063, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Eorpwald succeeds his father Rædwald, as king (bretwalda) of the independent Kingdom of East Anglia (approximate date). Raedwald is regarded as the most likely occupant of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial which contains the Sutton Hoo helmet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#Britain", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rædwald, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#Deaths", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 630, "year_label": "630 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ricberht, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803540#Deaths", "title": "630", "revid": 1340803540, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sigeberht, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Deaths", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 636, "year_label": "636 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ecgric, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068315#Deaths", "title": "636", "revid": 1267068315, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 654, "year_label": "654 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Æthelhere succeeds his brother Anna as king of East Anglia, and accepts Mercian overlordship (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362652029#Britain", "title": "654", "revid": 1362652029, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 654, "year_label": "654 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Anna, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362652029#Deaths", "title": "654", "revid": 1362652029, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 655, "year_label": "655 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Æthelhere, king of East Anglia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636681#Deaths", "title": "655", "revid": 1367636681, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 662, "year_label": "662 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Swithelm of Essex is converted to Christianity and baptised by Cedd, at the court of King Æthelwald of East Anglia, who acts as his sponsor. East Anglia may have held some sort of overlordship over Essex at this time (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805159#Britain", "title": "662", "revid": 1340805159, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 664, "year_label": "664 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "King Ealdwulf succeeds Æthelwald as king of East Anglia. He becomes the last ruler recorded known to Bede. During Ealdwulf's reign the plague sweeps across the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636792#Great_Britain_&_Ireland", "title": "664", "revid": 1367636792, "section": "Events › By place › Great Britain & Ireland"}}, {"year": 664, "year_label": "664 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Æthelwald, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636792#Deaths", "title": "664", "revid": 1367636792, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Beorna, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Deaths", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 779, "year_label": "779 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Æthelred I, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848243#Deaths", "title": "779", "revid": 1340848243, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 790, "year_label": "790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Offa of Mercia takes control of East Anglia. King Æthelberht II mints his own coins, in defiance of his overlord (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848291#Britain", "title": "790", "revid": 1340848291, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 794, "year_label": "794 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848638#Deaths", "title": "794", "revid": 1340848638, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 795, "year_label": "795 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Offa of Mercia receives diplomatic gifts from Charlemagne. He re-founds St. Albans Abbey, supposedly in thanks for overrunning East Anglia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848647#Britain", "title": "795", "revid": 1340848647, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 796, "year_label": "796 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Offa of Mercia and Charlemagne seal a trading agreement, and a marriage alliance is proposed. However, Offa dies after a 39-year reign, that has incorporated Kent, Essex, Sussex, and East Anglia into the Mercian realm. Offa is buried at Bedford, and succeeded for a short time by his son Ecgfrith, and then a distant cousin, Coenwulf.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907018#Britain", "title": "796", "revid": 1364907018, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 827, "year_label": "827 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Æthelstan establishes himself as king of East Anglia, after killing King Ludeca of Mercia in battle. Ludeca is succeeded by Wiglaf, father-in-law (and probably distant cousin) of the late king Ceolwulf I's daughter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941309#Britain", "title": "827", "revid": 1340941309, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 841, "year_label": "841 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360650312#Births", "title": "841", "revid": 1360650312, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 854, "year_label": "854 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Æthelweard, king of East Anglia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129142#Deaths", "title": "854", "revid": 1341129142, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 865, "year_label": "865 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Great Heathen Army (probably no more than 1,000 men) of Vikings, led by Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson, invades East Anglia. King Edmund of East Anglia buys peace with a supply of horses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129586#Britain", "title": "865", "revid": 1341129586, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 867, "year_label": "867 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Vikings or \"Danes\" (the two terms were often used interchangeably at the time), comprising the Great Heathen Army, advance northward from bases in the Kingdom of East Anglia, into the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655299#Britain", "title": "867", "revid": 1366655299, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn –The Great Heathen Army, led by Ivar the Boneless and Ubba, invades the Kingdom of East Anglia and plunders Peterborough. The Vikings take up winter quarters at Thetford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Britain", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 869, "year_label": "869 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 (or 870) – Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369351830#Deaths", "title": "869", "revid": 1369351830, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia (or 869)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Deaths", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Treaty of Wedmore: Guthrum agrees to a peace treaty and is baptised, taking the name of Aethelstan. England is divided between Wessex in the south, and the Vikings in the Danelaw up north. Guthrum returns to East Anglia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Britain", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 879, "year_label": "879 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Viking leader Guthrum becomes 'king' of East Anglia. A Viking fleet sails up the River Thames, and builds a camp at Fulham (near London) to prepare for an invasion of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046041#Britain", "title": "879", "revid": 1348046041, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Prince Edward, the son of King Alfred the Great, defeats the Danish Viking raiders at Farnham, and forces them to take refuge on Thorney Island. At the same time, Danes from East Anglia sail around the Cornish coast, and besiege Exeter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Britain", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Vikings in Northumbria and East Anglia swear allegiance and hand over hostages to King Alfred the Great, but promptly break their truce by attacking the southwest of England. A Viking force returns from Exeter and sails along the coast, in an attempt to plunder Chichester. They are defeated by the Saxon garrison, losing many ships and men.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Britain", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred I) rebels against his cousin, King Edward the Elder. He comes with a fleet to Essex, and encourages the Danish Vikings of East Anglia to rise up.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Britain", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 909, "year_label": "909 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess Æthelflæd of Mercia, raid Danish East Anglia and bring back the relics of St. Oswald in triumph. Æthelflæd translates them to the new minster in Gloucester, which is renamed St. Oswald's Priory in his honour.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367656270#Britain", "title": "909", "revid": 1367656270, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Tempsford: The English army led by Edward the Elder defeats the Danish Vikings at Tempsford. They storm the fortified burh and kill King Guthrum II of East Anglia, along with the Danish Jarls Toglos and Manna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Britain", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Guthrum II, king of East Anglia (England)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Deaths", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Deaths"}}]}