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Eorpwald of East Anglia. An imaginary depiction of Eorpwald's murder from John Speed 's 1611 Saxon Heptarchy. [1] Eorpwald; also Erpenwald or Earpwald, (reigned from c. 624, assassinated c. 627 or 632), succeeded his father Rædwald as King of the East Angles. Eorpwald was a member of the East Anglian dynasty known as the Wuffingas, named after ...
Ricberht of East Anglia. Ricberht ( Old English: Ricbyhrt ), may have briefly ruled East Anglia, a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today forms the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Little is known of his life or his reign. According to Bede 's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Ricberht murdered Eorpwald of East ...
Eadwald of East Anglia was an obscure king of the small Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia ( Old English: Ēast Engla Rīce) from around the year 796 to some point between 798 and 805. He lived at a time when East Anglia was eclipsed by its more powerful neighbour, Mercia. After his deposition, submission, or death, Mercian control was restored ...
Eorpwald; also Erpenwald or Earpwald, (reigned from 624, assassinated c. 627 or 632), succeeded his father Rædwald as ruler of the independent Kingdom of the East Angles. Eorpwald was a member of the East Anglian dynasty known as the Wuffingas, named after the semi-historical king Wuffa . Little is known of Eorpwald's life or of his short ...
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Saint Eorpwald of East Anglia (590-630) was King of East Anglia from 627 to 630, succeeding Raedwald of East Anglia and preceding Anna of East Anglia. Eorpwald was born in 590, the son of King Tytila of East Anglia and the brother of King Raedwald of East Anglia. He succeeded his brother as King of East Anglia from 627, and he was persuaded to accept the Christian faith and sacraments by King ...
Little is known of Eorpwald's life or of his short reign, as little documentary evidence about the East Anglian kingdom has survived. The primary source for Eorpwald is the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by Bede in the 8th century. Soon after becoming king, Eorpwald received Christian teaching and was baptised in 627 or 632.
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Eorpwald; also Erpenwald or Earpwald, (reigned from c. 624, assassinated c. 627 or 632), succeeded his father Rædwald as ruler of the independent Kingdom of the East Angles. Eorpwald was a member of the East Anglian dynasty known as the Wuffingas, named after the semi-historical king Wuffa. Little is known of Eorpwald's life or of his short reign, as little documentary evidence about the East ...
