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The Kingdom of Essex or Kingdom of the East Saxons (Old English: Ēast Seaxna rīce) was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was founded in the 6th century and covered the territory later occupied by the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and (for a short while) Kent. Kings of Essex were frequently subservient to foreign overlords. The last king of Essex was Sigered and in 825, he ceded the kingdom to Egbert of Wessex.

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  • Kingdom of Essex
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  • The Kingdom of Essex or Kingdom of the East Saxons (Old English: Ēast Seaxna rīce) was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was founded in the 6th century and covered the territory later occupied by the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and (for a short while) Kent. Kings of Essex were frequently subservient to foreign overlords. The last king of Essex was Sigered and in 825, he ceded the kingdom to Egbert of Wessex.
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year start
  • 527(xsd:integer)
conventional long name
  • Kingdom of the East Saxons
Legislature
  • Witan
Country
  • England
event end
  • Essex annexed by Wessex
Region
  • British Isles
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  • Kingdom of Wessex
Continent
  • Europe
common languages
  • Old English
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  • Monarchs
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  • Labarum.svg
year end
  • 825(xsd:integer)
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  • Wyvern of Wessex.png
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  • British kingdoms c 800.svg
event start
  • Æscwine led the East Saxons over the North Sea
date event
  • 653(xsd:integer)
government type
  • Monarchy
Religion
  • Paganism
  • Western Christianity
Event
  • King Sigeberht the Good and Saint Cedd convert the country to Christianity
native name
  • Ēast Seaxna rīce
year leader
  • 527(xsd:integer)
  • 604(xsd:integer)
  • 616(xsd:integer)
  • 653(xsd:integer)
  • 664(xsd:integer)
  • 798(xsd:integer)
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  • Sub-Roman Britain
Capital
  • London
image map caption
  • Kingdoms in Britain in the 9th Century.
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  • Arms of Essex.svg
Common name
  • Essex
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  • The Kingdom of Essex or Kingdom of the East Saxons (Old English: Ēast Seaxna rīce) was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was founded in the 6th century and covered the territory later occupied by the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and (for a short while) Kent. Kings of Essex were frequently subservient to foreign overlords. The last king of Essex was Sigered and in 825, he ceded the kingdom to Egbert of Wessex.
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