Seaxburh or Sexburga is the name of the following Anglo-Saxon women: Saint Seaxburh of Ely (died c. 699) Seaxburh of Wessex (died c. 674) This disambiguation...
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Seaxburh ([ˈsæ͜ɑks.burˠx]; died c. 674) was a queen of Wessex. She is also called Queen of the Gewisse, an early name for the tribe which ruled Wessex...
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Seaxburh, also Saint Sexburga of Ely (died about 699), was an Anglo-Saxon queen and abbess, venerated a saint of the Christian Church. She was married...
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Cenwalh died in 672 and was succeeded by his widow, Seaxburh, who held power for about a year. No later kings of the West Saxons are...
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daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia, and her siblings were Wendreda and Seaxburh of Ely, both of whom eventually retired from secular life and founded abbeys...
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Chronicle Cenwalh was succeeded as ruler for about one year by his wife Seaxburh. Æscwine reigned from about 674 to 676. Another source claims that Æscwine's...
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became king following his father's death on 14 July 664, because his mother Seaxburh was recorded as having been regent. Ecgberht's court seems to have had...
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648–674 and from 676–685, comprising Ceol, Ceolwulf, Cynegils, Cenwalh, Seaxburh and Centwine. Coenwulf and Ceolwulf I of Mercia are also claimed to be...
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his brother Ecgberht I in 673. His parents were Eorcenberht of Kent and Seaxburh of Ely, the daughter of Anna of East Anglia. In 676 the Mercian king Æthelred...
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appointed the first Saxon archbishop, Deusdedit, in 655. Eorcenberht married Seaxburh of Ely, daughter of king Anna of East Anglia. They had two sons, Ecgberht...
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