List of monarchs of Sussex

List of Kings of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex

Many of the dates of this time are unreliable and the list contains substantial gaps. The genealogy of the Kings has been largely lost: some of those listed are known only from charters, and some may have been sub-kings of the Haestingas (within present-day East Sussex).

The names are given in modern English form followed by the names and titles (as far as is known) in contemporary Anglo-Saxon English and Latin, being the prevalent/('official') languages of the time.

This was a time when spellings varied widely, even within a document. A number of variations of the details below exist. Amongst these are the preference between � and � (hard and soft 'th').

Kings of the South Saxons (Sussex)

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
c.477 to 491 or later	Aelle	�LLE SV�SEAXNA CYNING �LLE REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
fl.500	Cissa	CISSA �LLING SV�SEAXNA CYNING CISSA REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
?500 to ante674	unknown kings
ante674 to c.685	Aethelwalh (Aethelwalch)	��ELVVALH SV�SEAXNA CYNING ��ELVVALH REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Killed in battle by Caedwalla, King of Wessex
fl.685	Berthun	BER�VN SV�SEAXNA CYNING BER�VN REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Ealdorman
fl.685	Andhun	ANDHVN SV�SEAXNA CYNING ANDHVN REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Ealdorman
685 to 686	Eadric	EADRIC ECGBRYHTING SV�SEAXNA CYNING EADRIC REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	?Eadric, King of Kent
Subject to Wessex (c.686 to 726)
fl.692 to 725	Nothelm (Nunna)	NO�ELM SV�SEAXNA CYNING NO�ELM REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM NVNNA REX SVSSAX NO�ELMVS REX SV�SAX
fl.692 to 725	Watt	VVATT SV�SEAXNA CYNING VVATTVS REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Possibly under-king
fl.714	Aethelstan	��ELSTAN SV�SEAXNA CYNING ��ELSTAN REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
c.725 to c.750	Aethelbert	��ELBRYHT SV�SEAXNA CYNING ��ELBRYHT REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
c.758 to c.772	Osmund	OSMVND SV�SEAXNA CYNING OSMVND REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
Dependent on Mercia
fl.772	Oswald	OSVVALD SV�SEAXNA CYNING OSVVALD REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Ealdorman
fl.772	Oslac	OSLAC SV�SEAXNA CYNING OSLAC REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Ealdorman
c.772 to c.791	Ealdwulf	EALDVVVLF SV�SEAXNA CYNING EALDVVVLF REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
fl.790's	Aelfwald	�LFVVALD SV�SEAXNA CYNING �LFVVALD REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM	Ealdorman

By the end of the 8th Century the Sussex's existence as an independent kingdom had ended.

Heptarchy

Others: Lindsey, Hwicce

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