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    Eorpwald; also Erpenwald or Earpwald, (reigned from c. 624, assassinated c. 627 or 632), succeeded his father Rædwald as King of the East Angles. Eorpwald...
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    that she was pagan. By her he fathered at least two sons, Rægenhere and Eorpwald. He also had an older son, Sigeberht, whose name is unlike other Wuffingas...
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  • History of the English People, Ricberht murdered Eorpwald of East Anglia in about 627, shortly after Eorpwald succeeded his father Rædwald as king and had...
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  • son and successor Eorpwald in around 627, East Anglia lost its dominance over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Three years after Eorpwald's murder at the hands...
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    during the three-year-long period of apostasy that followed the murder of Eorpwald, when it is not known whether any king ruled the East Angles. The main...
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    to rally support for the defense of the Persian capital Ctesiphon. King Eorpwald of East Anglia is murdered, and succeeded by Ricberht. He is a member of...
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    and Eorpwald met his death at the hands of a pagan, Ricberht. After three years of apostasy, Christianity prevailed with the accession of Eorpwald's brother...
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  • v t e Monarchs of East Anglia Wehha Wuffa Tytila Rædwald Eorpwald Ricberht Sigeberht [c] Ecgric [c] Anna Æthelhere Æthelwold Ealdwulf Ælfwald Beonna [c]...
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    Rædwald around 624, he was succeeded by one of his sons, Eorpwald. The first dated record of Eorpwald ruling is 627 and it was likely around this time that...
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  • that Rædwald's own descendants ruled the kingdom. After his step-brother Eorpwald's assassination in about 627, Sigeberht returned to East Anglia and (perhaps...
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