Swithred of Essex

Swithred of Essex (also known as Swaefred) was King of Essex (746–758). He was the second son of Sebbi, and the grandson of King Sigeheard of Essex. Like his predecessors, he was not an independent ruler, but a dependent of the Kingdom of Mercia.^[1]

There is also reported a Swithred who may have been the archbishop Feologild, fl.832.^[2]

Preceded by Saelred of Essex	King of Essex c. 746 – 758	Succeeded by Sigeric of Essex

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
↑ William Hunt, ‘Feologeld (d. 832)’, rev. Marios Costambeys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 9 Feb 2008

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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