Anna 1 (Male)
King of the East Angles, d. 654; and father of St. Æthelthryth 2
e/m vii
Notes: According to the Liber Eliensis, he reigned for 19 years (LE I.7). The same source says that he was buried at Blythburgh. J. Campbell, 'England, c. 991', The Anglo-Saxon State, pp.172-3, draws attention to the tumuli at TM 470747, 471748.
BDDAB, p. 47; S. E. Kelly, ‘Anna (d. 654?)’, ODNB.
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