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Kings Of Sussex
The list of monarchs of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex (or South Saxons) contains substantial gaps, as the chronological details relating to Sussex during the heptarchy is generally poorly documented. No authentic South Saxon king list or genealogy exists, unlike what can be found for other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Most kings are known only from Anglo-Saxon charters, some of which are forgeries, which makes it difficult to date the reigns of each king. The monarchs were either known as kings or ealdormen. According to the charters, most kings did not govern alone: Nothhelm reigned with two or three colleagues and Oslac with four. The locations of the lands granted in their charters indicate that they reigned jointly and that there was no division of territory. Such joint reigns can also be demonstrated for the Hwicce, the East Saxons, and the West Saxons. Indeed, “ ere is nothing remarkable in the existence of two or even more contemporary kings in the same people in the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Sussex
la, Regnum Sussaxonum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of the South Saxons , capital = , era = Heptarchy , status = Vassal of Wessex (686–726, 827–860)Vassal of Mercia (771–796) , government_type = Monarchy , title_leader = Monarchs (see full list) , leader1 = Ælle , year_leader1 = 477–491 or later , leader2 = Æðelwealh , year_leader2 = ''fl.'' , p1 = Sub-Roman Britain , flag_p1 = Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg , border_p1 = no , p2 = Kingdom of Haestingas , flag_p2 = , s1 = Kingdom of England , flag_s1 = Flag of Wessex.svg , image_flag = , image_coat = , flag = , flag_type = , coat_type = , image_map = British kingdoms c 800.svg , image_map_c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelwealh Of Sussex
Æthelwealh ( ''fl.'' – ) was ruler of the ancient South Saxon kingdom from before 674 till his death between 680 and 685. He was baptised in Mercia, becoming the first Christian king of Sussex. He was killed by a West Saxon prince, Cædwalla, who eventually became king of Wessex. Background The legendary foundation of the kingdom of Sussex, was in 477, when according to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', Ælle of Sussex and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymenshore and fought against the local Britons. The foundation story is regarded with some skepticism by most academics. The archaeological evidence, based on the cemeteries of the 5th century, shows that the main area of settlement was between the lower Ouse and Cuckmere rivers in East Sussex. However, by Æthelwealh's time the kingdom of the South Saxons seems to have been concentrated in the Selsey area, in the south-west of Sussex. Ælle, the first king of the South Saxons was followed by Cis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelstan Of Sussex
Æðelstan (floruit ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ... 717–724) was a King, presumably of Sussex, reigning jointly with Noðhelm. He witnessed Noðhelm’s last surviving charter, which is dated 714 in error for 717, as ''Athelstan rex''. There is no indication of his kingdom. The same charter was also witnessed by Queen Æðelðryð, as ''Edeldrið regina'', presumably Æðelstan's wife. Barker (1947) speculated "They may well be the parents of the Æðelberht of twenty years later". References * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aethelstan of Sussex South Saxon monarchs 8th-century English monarchs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osric Of Sussex
Osric was possibly a King of Sussex, reigning jointly with Noðhelm. There is an undated charter of Noðhelm that is witnessed by Osric, as ''Osricus'', without indication of rank or territory, but listed before, and therefore ranked higher than, Eadberht, Bishop of Selsey, whose rank and see are also omitted. The charter can be dated to some point between about 705 and 717. References * * South Saxon monarchs 8th-century English monarchs {{UK-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryni Of Sussex
Bryni, Ealdorman of Sussex, issued an undated charter (but before about 705) as ''Bruny dux Suthsax’'', that was witnessed by Kings Noðhelm and Watt. Brinfast Farm near Sidlesham on the Manhood Peninsula The Manhood Peninsula is the southwest of West Sussex in England. It has the English Channel to its south and Chichester to the north. It is bordered to its west by Chichester Harbour and to its east by Pagham Harbour, its southern headland bei ..., means Bryni's fortress.Alec Hamilton-Barr. In Saxon Sussex. The Arundel Press, Bognor Regis. p 23 It is not known whether this refers to the same Bryni of Sussex. External links * *CharteS 1173 References Anglo-Saxon ealdormen 8th-century monarchs in Europe 8th-century English people Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{UK-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watt Of Sussex
Watt was a king in what is now the county of Sussex in southern England. His existence is attested by three charters that he witnessed, in the reign of Noðhelm, as ''Wattus Rex''. He probably would have ruled between about AD 692 and 725 and there is some suggestion that he may have been King of the Hæstingas. Charter evidence Some of the Anglo-Saxon charters that date from the Kingdom of Sussex provide evidence which suggests the existence of two separate dynasties in Sussex. The charters of Noðhelm (or Nunna), who ruled Sussex in the late 7th and early 8th century regularly attest a second king by the name of Watt.Kelly. Charters of Selsey. p. lxxviCharter S.45 Northelm, king of South Saxons grants land to his sister. Retrieved 1 April 2013 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ine Of Wessex
Ine, also rendered Ini or Ina, ( la, Inus; c. AD 670 – after 726) was King of Wessex from 689 to 726. At Ine's accession, his kingdom dominated much of southern England. However, he was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecessor, Cædwalla, who had expanded West Saxon territory substantially. By the end of Ine's reign, the kingdoms of Kent, Sussex, and Essex were no longer under West Saxon sway; however, Ine maintained control of what is now Hampshire, and consolidated and extended Wessex's territory in the western peninsula. Ine is noted for his code of laws (''Ines asetnessa'' or "laws of Ine"), which he issued in about 694. These laws were the first issued by an Anglo-Saxon king outside Kent. They shed much light on the history of Anglo-Saxon society, and reveal Ine's Christian convictions. Trade increased significantly during Ine's reign, with the town of Hamwic (now Southampton) becoming prominent. It was probably during Ine's reign that the West Saxons be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andhun Of Sussex
Andhun was an Ealdorman of Sussex under King Æðelwealh, who was slain by the Wessex prince Cædwalla, who invaded and ravaged Sussex. Berhthun and Andhun succeeded in driving Caedwalla from the Kingdom. In 686, the South Saxons attacked Hlothhere, King of Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ..., in support of his nephew Eadric, but soon after Berhthun was killed and the kingdom subjugated for a time by Caedwalla, who had now become King of Wessex. References External links * Anglo-Saxon ealdormen Anglo-Saxon warriors 7th-century rulers in Europe 7th-century English people Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Date of death unknown {{UK-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthun Of Sussex
Beorhthun (floruit 680s) was a ''dux'' of the South Saxons. Bede's '' Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' (Book IV, Chapter 15) records the invasion of the South Saxon kingdom by Caedwalla of the West Saxons la, Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of the West Saxons , common_name = Wessex , image_map = Southern British Isles 9th century.svg , map_caption = S ... and the killing of the South Saxon king Æthelwalh. Caedwalla was driven off by Beorhthun and Andhun, who then jointly ruled the South Saxons. However, Bede reports, Beorhthun was later killed and the South Saxons conquered by Caedwalla. External links * Anglo-Saxon warriors South Saxon monarchs 680s deaths 7th-century rulers in Europe 7th-century English people Year of birth unknown {{UK-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ealdwulf Of Sussex
Ealdwulf was a King of Sussex, but is known only from his charters. He reigned jointly with Ælfwald and Oslac. Ealdwulf issued an undated charter, believed to be from about 765, as ''Alduulf rex'' Later, he issued a further undated charter as ''Aldwlfus dux Suthsaxonum'', and signed as ''Aldwlf dux'', and another, dated 711 in error for 791, as ''Aldwlfus dux Suthsaxonum'' with the subscription ''Ealdwlf''. A stone marking the resting place of King Ealdwulf lies in the village of Westmeston, which lies in the Lewes District of East Sussex East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East .... References External links * South Saxon monarchs 8th-century English monarchs {{UK-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selsey Abbey
Selsey Abbey was founded by St Wilfrid in AD 681 on land donated at Selsey by the local Anglo-Saxon ruler, King Æðelwealh of Sussex, Sussex's first Christian king. The Kingdom of Sussex was the last area of Anglo-Saxon England to be evangelised. The abbey became the seat of the Sussex bishopric, until it was moved, after a synod in 1075, to Chichester. The location of the abbey was probably at the site of, what became, the old parish church at Church Norton just north of modern-day Selsey. Historical context The founder of Selsey Abbey was the exiled St Wilfrid of Northumbria.Bede.HE.IV.13 Wilfrid had spent most of his career in exile having quarrelled with various kings and bishops. He arrived in the kingdom of the South Saxons in 681 and remained there for five years evangelising and baptising the people. The account given by Wilfrid's biographer Stephen in his ''Life of Wilfrid'' infers that all of the South Saxons were pagan, whereas Bede's ''Ecclesiastical History'' co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
