The kingdom of East-Anglia, which comprised most of modern-day Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the fen basin, appears to have emerged as a political entity in the second half of the sixth century and by the early seventh century the Wuffing kings of southeastern Suffolk had risen to prominence.
East Anglia was among the most powerful kingdoms in England, probably exercising as widespread hegemony across the eastern part of the country.
Raedwald is the first of the East Anglian kings definitely known to have rules though the origins of the dynasty can be track back further. Raedwald’s father name as Tytil and his grandfather’s as Wuffa from whom the East Anglian kings care called Wuffings.
East Anglia was one of the most powerful subsequently waned, and over the following centuries it was often subject to the overlordship of Mercia. In 870 it was conquered by the Danes who settled there in 879.
Viking invasions, which had begun in the late eight century, became very severe by the middle of the ninth, and in 870s the kingdoms of Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria collapsed.
History of Kingdom of East Anglia
