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 the East Angles | 4 |
| King of East Anglia canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monarchical title
ⓘ
royal office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kingdom of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction |
modern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
ⓘ
parts of Cambridgeshire ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | no historically attested contemporary arms ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 9th century ⓘ |
| endCause | Viking conquest of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Earl of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Rendlesham (probable royal centre)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sutton Hoo area (royal burial site) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHolder |
Anna of East Anglia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edmund the Martyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Eorpwald of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rædwald of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Æthelberht II of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglo-Saxon monarchy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heptarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edmund the Martyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Eorpwald of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rædwald of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Æthelberht II of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Anglo-Saxon kings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wuffingas dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edmund the Martyr
this entity surface form:
King of the East Angles
this entity surface form:
King of the East Angles
this entity surface form:
King of the East Angles
this entity surface form:
King of the East Angles