Sigebert

king of the East Angles
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Died:
637?

Sigebert (died 637?) was the king of the East Angles. Before his reign, Sigebert lived the life of an exile in Gaul, becoming Christianized and learned. He returned to an East Anglia troubled by anarchy and heathenism and became king in 630 or 631. Temporarily resigning his kingship (yielding it to his kinsman Ecgric) in order to follow the monastic life, he was recalled to fend off the invasion of King Penda of Mercia and was slain along with Ecgric, and his army destroyed.

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