Sigeric of Essex

Sigeric of Essex was a King of Essex, and a son of Saelred of Essex, reigning from 758 until he abdicated in 798, made a pilgrimage to Rome, and entered a Roman monastery. Like his predecessors, he was not an independent ruler, but a dependent of the Kingdom of Mercia. ^[1]

References

↑ Barbara Yorke, ‘East Saxons, kings of the (act. late 6th cent.–c.820)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Feb 2008

External links

Sigeric 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Preceded by Swithred of Essex	King of Essex c.758 – 798	Succeeded by Sigered of Essex

Monarchs of Essex

Æscwine Sledd Sæberht Sexræd / Sæward Sigeberht the Little Sigeberht the Good Swithhelm Sighere / Sæbbi Sigeheard / Swæfred Offa Sælred / Swæfberht Swithred Sigeric Sigered Egbert‡

‡ Also monarch of Wessex, Kent, Sussex and Mercia.

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