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Kings of Sussex)
Many of the dates of this time are unreliable and the list contains substantial gaps. The genealogy of the Kings has been largely lost: some of those listed are known only from charters, and some may have been sub-kings of the Haestingas (within present-day East Sussex).
The names are given in modern English form followed by the names and titles (as far as is known) in contemporary Anglo-Saxon English and Latin, being the prevalent/('official') languages of the time.
This was a time when spellings varied widely, even within a document. A number of variations of the details below exist. Amongst these are the preference between þ and ð (hard and soft 'th').
| Reign
| Incumbent
|
| Notes
|
| c.477 to 491 or later | Aelle | ÆLLE SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
ÆLLE REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM |
|
| fl.500 | Cissa | CISSA ÆLLING SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
CISSA REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM |
|
| ?500 to ante674 | unknown kings
|
| ante674 to c.685 | Aethelwalh
(Aethelwalch ) | ÆÞELVVALH SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
ÆÞELVVALH REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM | Killed in battle by Caedwalla, King of Wessex
|
| fl.685 | Berthun | BERÞVN SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
BERÞVN REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM | Ealdorman
|
| fl.685 | Andhun | ANDHVN SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
ANDHVN REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM | Ealdorman
|
| 685 to 686 | Eadric | EADRIC ECGBRYHTING SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
EADRIC REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
| ?Eadric, King of Kent
|
| Subject to Wessex (c.686 to 726)
|
| fl.692 to 725 | Nothelm
(Nunna ) | NOÞELM SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
NOÞELM REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
NVNNA REX SVSSAX
NOÞELMVS REX SVÞSAX |
|
| fl.692 to 725 | Watt | VVATT SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
VVATTVS REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM | Possibly under-king
|
| fl.714 | Aethelstan | ÆÞELSTAN SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
ÆÞELSTAN REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM |
|
| c.725 to c.750 | Aethelbert | ÆÞELBRYHT SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
ÆÞELBRYHT REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM |
|
| c.758 to c.772 | Osmund | OSMVND SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
OSMVND REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM |
|
| Dependent on Mercia
|
| fl.772 | Oswald | OSVVALD SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
OSVVALD REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM | Ealdorman
|
| fl.772 | Oslac | OSLAC SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
OSLAC REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM | Ealdorman
|
| c.772 to c.791 | Ealdwulf | EALDVVVLF SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
EALDVVVLF REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM |
|
| fl.790's | Aelfwald | ÆLFVVALD SVÞSEAXNA CYNING
ÆLFVVALD REX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM
| Ealdorman
|
By the end of the 8th century, Sussex's existence as an independent kingdom had ended.
