Kingdom of East Anglia

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of East Anglia and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a small Kingdom created by the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that settled in England in the post-Roman period.

Establishment

January 572: East Anglia was a small independent kingdom of the Angles. The first kings are Wehha, who died around 571 and his son Wuffa (571-578).

Chronology

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1. Mercian Supremacy

Was a period in the history of England when the kingdom of Mercia dominated the Anglo-Saxon petty kingdoms.

January 795: East Anglia becomes a vassal of Mercia.

January 797: East Anglia reverts to an independent kingdom.

January 799: East Anglia becomes a vassal of Mercia.

January 826: East Anglia reverts to an independent kingdom.

2. Viking invasion of the British isles

Was the Viking invasion of the British Isles that started with the arrival of the Great Heathen Army in 865 and resulted in the establishment of the Danelaw, the part of England dominated by the Danes.

April 865: Arrival of the Great Danish Army in East Anglia in 865.

December 865: In the same year, the Viking army moved north across the Humber into Northumbria, which was torn apart by disputes over the throne, and took its capital, York, on November 1st.

December 869: In 869, the Danes continued their invasion by occupying East Anglia (winter quarters in Thetford), defeated King Edmund of East Anglia near Hoxne in November 869 and thus finally annexed his kingdom to their possessions.