Sledd of Essex
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Sledd of Essex
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Sledd was King of Essex in the late 6th century, possibly between (?) 587 and c. 604. Extremely little is known about him. An East-Saxon genealogy preserved as British Library Add. MS 23211, possibly of the late 9th century, makes him a son and successor of King Æscwine. The post-Conquest historians Henry of Huntingdon, Roger of Wendover, and Matthew Paris substitute the name Eorcenwine as his father. Though their testimony is centuries removed from Sledd's floruit, it is thought that they drew
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6th-century king of Essex
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