Egric (died 634) was an East Anglianking. He succeeded his cousin Sigebert in 634, after gaining some experience of power during Sigebert's reign; Sigebert retired into a monastery. Egric died the next year whilst fighting alongside Sigebert against King Penda of Mercia, and was succeeded by his brother Anna. Events The Arabs invade Palestine. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... The word king has many meanings: For the head of state, see Monarch. ... Events The Arabs invade Palestine. ... A map showing the general locations of the Anglo-Saxon peoples around the year 600 Penda (died November 15, 6551) was a 7th-century King of Mercia, a kingdom in what is today the English Midlands. ... Anna (d. ...
The Kingdom of the East Angles (one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy) was founded in the 6th century. ... Anna (d. ...
He was the son of Eni and the nephew of Eni's brother, Raedwald of EastAnglia.
Penda, king of the Mercians, invaded EastAnglia around the year 635, defeating and killing kingEgric and the former king Sigebert.
Penda returned to EastAnglia around the year 650 and defeated Anna, forcing him into exile; he also established Mercian rule over the Middle Angles, making his son Peada their king.
In the east and south, Germanic forces were accepted nearly everywhere, with the exception of Verulamium, the capital of the Catevellauni.
Outside EastAnglia, there were the kingdoms of Kent, the Jutes in the Isle of Wight, the East Saxons and the West Saxons.
King Aelfwald of EastAnglia wrote to St Boniface and stated that there were at least seven minsters in his kingdom at this time, and these are likely to have included Dunwich, Elmham and Bedericsworth.
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