King Sigeberht I of Essex dies after…

653 CE

King Sigeberht I of Essex dies after a thirty-six-year reign and is succeeded by his relative Sigeberht II.

Sigeberht finds a powerful northern "friend" (amicus) and ally in King Oswiu of Bernicia, who persuades him to adopt Christianity as part of a mobilization against Penda.

Bede's statement that Sigeberht regularly visited the Bernician court and the general nature of Oswiu's influence on the course of Sigeberht's career suggest that the balance of power was in Oswiu's favor.

Oswiu may have intended the alliance to help him offer effective resistance against King Penda of Mercia, as is also suggested by his alliance with Penda's son Peada, king of the Middle Angles.

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Colchester Essex United Kingdom View →

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Finan of Lindisfarne View → Oswiu of Northumbria View → Peada of Mercia View → Penda of Mercia View → Sigeberht II (the Good) View → Sigeberht the Little View →

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Polytheism (“paganism”) View → Angles View → Anglo-Saxons View → Bernicia, Kingdom of View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Deira, Kingdom of View → Mercia, Kingdom of View → Essex, Kingdom of View → Britain, Medieval View →

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