Andhun of Sussex

Andhun was an Ealdorman of Sussex under King Æðelwealh, who was slain by the Wessex prince Cædwalla, who invaded and ravaged Sussex.^[1] Berhthun and Andhun succeeded in driving Caedwalla from the Kingdom.^[2]

In 686, the South Saxons attacked Hlothhere, King of Kent, in support of his nephew Eadric, but soon after Berhthun was killed and the kingdom subjugated for a time by Caedwalla, who had now become King of Wessex.^[3]

References

^ Mike Ashley (7 June 2012). The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-4721-0113-6.
^ John Cannon; John Ashton Cannon; Anne Hargreaves (2009). The Kings & Queens of Britain. Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ Timothy Venning (30 January 2014). The Kings & Queens of Anglo-Saxon England. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4456-2459-4. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

External links

Andhun 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

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[Ashley2012-1] Mike Ashley (7 June 2012). The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-4721-0113-6.

[CannonCannon2009-2] John Cannon; John Ashton Cannon; Anne Hargreaves (2009). The Kings & Queens of Britain. Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

[Venning2014-3] Timothy Venning (30 January 2014). The Kings & Queens of Anglo-Saxon England. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4456-2459-4. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

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