Aethelbert of East Anglia
Encyclopedia : A : AE : AET : Aethelbert of East Anglia
Aethelbert (died
May 20,
794 at Sutton Wells,
Herefordshire) was king of
East Anglia. His reign may have begun in
779 - the date provided for the beginning of his reign on the uncertain authority of a much later
saint's life. He was put to death by
Offa of Mercia under unclear circumstances. His death lead to a domination of East Anglia by Mercia; Mercian kings ruled over East Anglia for thirty of the thirty-two years after Aethelbert's demise. Aethelbert has also been
canonized and is the subject of a series of
vitae dating from the eleventh century onwards.
External link
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.
