King Edmund of East Anglia

The Kingdom of East Anglia formed in the first half of the 6th century. Its first king was Wehha, ruling people who came from Frisia and Jutland. He was followed by Luffa, who was followed by Tytila. Except for references in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, we have no real evidence of these.There is scant evidence for King Edmund of east Anglia thanks to Dudda, Eadmund, and Twicga. These three men were moneyers, men allowed to mint coins. They were responsible for coins of King Æthelweard of East Anglia, who died c. 854. Æthelweard is not even mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, but the evidence of the coins confirm his existence and royal position.The same three moneyers were responsible for the coins made for the reign of Edmund, who followed Æthelweard, usually with the inscription + EADMUND REX AN[GLORUM] ("Edmund, King of the Angles"). The large number of coins still existing from his reign suggest that he reigned for several years, but there are no…