Sexred, or Sexræd, (d. 626), is a king of the East-Saxons
Sexred was the son of Sebert (d 616?)
the first Christian king of the East Saxons.
He refusea to accept Christianity, and when he succeeds his father in 616, reigning conjointly with his two brothers, Saeward and another, said on no good authority to have been named Sigebert (Bromton, ap.
Decem SS.
col. 743), openly practices paganism and gives permission to his subjects to worship their idols.
