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Swithhelm was king of Es**** from 660 to 664.
Swithhelm succeeded King
Sigeberht II
after he,
along with his
brother Swithfrith,
murdered him. They accused...
- Sæward.
Saint Sigeberht;
Saint Sebbi (Feast Day 29 August) 660 to 664
Swithhelm 664 to 683
Sighere son of a Sigeberht,
probably 'the Good'. Joint-king...
- ap.
Decem SS. col. 743) but
perhaps the
unplaced Seaxbald,
father of
Swithhelm. Both
refused to
accept Christianity,
openly practised paganism and gave...
- Hoo and the East
Anglian royal house, the Wuffingas. The king of Es****,
Swithhelm (son of Seaxbald) who
reigned from 660 to
around 664, was
baptised at...
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there were
signs that Cedd had a more
precarious position. The new king,
Swithhelm of Es****, who had ********inated Sigeberht, was a pagan. He had long been...
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affairs seems to have
slipped away and so when Sigeberht's successor,
Swithhelm, son of Seaxbald,
needed a
candidate to
stand sponsor at his baptism,...
- Es**** King of Es****
jointly with Sæbbi
Reign 663/4 – ca. 688
Predecessor Swithhelm Successor Sæbbi
Spouse Osgyth Issue Offa of Es****
Religion Anglo-Saxon...
- Eric the
Victorious Sweyn Forkbeard (died 1014),
pagan king of
Denmark Swithhelm,
pagan king of Es**** but
converted to
Christianity in 662
Tytila (died...
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Sigeberht of the East
Saxons was
murdered and
replaced by his
brother Swithhelm, who
remained a Christian, but
distanced himself from
Oswiu and the Irish-Northumbrian...
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baptism this
heathen reaction occurred.
After the
killing of Sigeberht,
Swithhelm came to the
throne and led
another heathen resurgence,
allowing those...
