Sigeric II of Essex

Sigeric II was the last known King of Essex. He is only recorded in a lease (S 1791) dated between 829 and 837. Sigeric is shown in the text as a minister of King Wiglaf of Mercia but attested as King of the East Saxons.[1]

References

Yorke, Barbara (1990). Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London, UK: Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3.

Monarchs of Essex
Æscwine Sledd Sæberht Sexræd / Sæward Sigeberht the Little Sigeberht the Good Swithhelm Sighere / Sæbbi Sigeheard / Swæfred Offa Sælred / Swæfberht Swithred Sigeric I Sigered Egbert‡ Sigeric II
‡ Also monarch of Wessex, Kent, Sussex and Mercia.

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