Sledda (587? - c. 604) was a King of Essex. He was of Aescwine. Sledda's rule is traditionally recorded as beginning in 587, but next to nothing is known about him. His name appears as being the father of Saebert, whose rule began in 604. Events End of the Nan Liang Dynasty in China. ... Events Saint Laurence becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. ... The Kingdom of the East Seaxe (one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy) was founded around AD500, occupying territory to the north and east of London. ... Saebert (died c. ...
The Kingdom of the East Seaxe (one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy) was founded around AD500, occupying territory to the north and east of London. ... Saebert (died c. ...
The Kingdom of the East Seaxe (one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy) was founded around 500 AD and covered the territory currently occupied by the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex.
The kingdom was bounded to the north by the River Stour and Kingdom of East Anglia, to the south by the River Thames and Kent, to the east lay the North Sea and to the west Mercia.
Sigered was the last king of Essex, and he ceded the kingdom to Egbert of Wessex.