Æthelhere, king of East Anglia

Æthelhere of East Anglia

King of East Anglia (r. 653–655)

Æthelhere was King of East Anglia from 653 or 654 until his death. He was a member of the ruling Wuffingas dynasty and one of three sons of Eni to rule East Anglia as Christian kings. He was a nephew of Rædwald, who was the first of the Wuffingas of which more than a name is…