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The
Earls of East Anglia were rulers of the former Kingdom of
East Anglia between the 10th and 12th centuries. They were instituted after the death of
Guthrum II the last Danish
King of East Anglia, and the submission of the kingdom to
King Edward of
Wessex in 917.
Anglo-Saxon Ealdormen of East Anglia
In 917 the East Anglian Danes had accepted Edward as king. It isn't clear who replaced Guthrum II as the local ruler, but it's probable that the Ealdorman Æthelfrith of south east Mercia may have been granted authority over the newly restored area by Edward. He died in
c.927 and was succeeded by his son,
Æthelstan Half-King, a very powerful ruler who ruled an extensive territory and witnessed numerous charters from 932, and who established a ruling dynasty after him.
The approximate succession of Anglo-Saxon Ealdormen of East Anglia are (including ):
In October 1016 Ulfcytel was killed at the
Battle of Ashingdon, in Essex, by the Danes.
Danish Earls, or Jarls
The
Jarls of East Anglia were an Anglo-Danish institution of
Canute the Great. His conquest meant he'd to divide the Kingdom of England into easily manageable regions, and he appointed
Thorkell the Tall the Jarl of East Anglia in
1017. There is scant evidence of these Jarls after Thorkell and his family were outlawed by Canute in 1021, only to be pardoned again in 1023. It is unlikely that his son Harald Thorkellson succeeded him as he's only described as the king's hostage or fosterson in England.
Thorkell Strut-Haraldsson the Tall (c.1017-c.1021)
Unknown descent
Thuri (c.1038-c.1044) (possibly as 'Earl of the middle peoples' in the east midlands)
Anglo-Danish and Norman Earls
Anglo-Saxon rule of England was restored with the accession of King Edward the Confessor in 1042. Subsequent earls included Ælfgār who was outlawed successively in 1055 and 1058, but pardoned each time.
Harold Godwinson (c.1044-c.1051)
Ælfgār (c.1051-c.1052)
Harold Godwinson (c.1052-c.1053) (restored)
Ælfgār (c.1053-c.1057) (restored)
Gyrth Godwinson (c.1057-c.1066)
Gyrth is killed fighting alongside his brother Harold at the Battle of Hastings on 14 Oct 1066, and William the Conqueror installs the half-English, half-Breton Ralph de Guader as Earl.
Ralph de Guader (c.1069-c.1075)
Roger Bigod the Sheriff (c.1075-c.1107)
After Ralph's failed plot to murder William the Conqueror (known as the Revolt of the Earls), the king subsequently splits East Anglia into smaller estates including Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge. The Earldom ceased to exist after Roger Bigod, who was the last to be styled Earl of East Anglia, although in practice he was appointed Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and sometimes known as the 1st Earl of Norfolk. His son Hugh Bigod was entitled only as Earl of Norfolk.
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