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The Wuffingas, Uffingas or Wuffings were the ruling dynasty of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Wuffingas took their name from Wuffa, an early East Anglian king. Nothing is known of the members of the dynasty before Rædwald, who ruled from about 599 to c. 624. The Viking invasions of the ninth century destroyed the monasteries in East Anglia where many documents relating to the rule of the Wuffingas would have been kept. The last of the Wuffingas kings was Ælfwald, who died in 749 and who was succeeded by kings whose lineage is unknown. == Family tree == The following family tree includes the Wuffingas kings from Wehha to Ælfwald. They are numbered in order of ruling.〔Yorke, ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', p. 68〕 Ecgric of East Anglia was also a member of the Wuffingas house, but his exact descent is not decided. He may have been Sigebert's brother, or his step-brother. The kingdom of East Anglia was settled by peoples from northern Europe during the 5th and 6th centuries. Historical sources relating to the genealogy of the East Anglian kings include the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' and Bede's ''Ecclesiastical History'', both compiled many years after the kingdom was formed, as well as lists produced by medieval historians, such as the 12th century ''Textus Roffensis'', who may have had access to other sources that are now lost. Several of the Wuffingas kings are included in a pedigree of Ælfwald, contained in the Anglian collection that dates from the 9th century. In the pedigree, Ælfwald is claimed to descend from the god Wōden.〔Newton, ''The Origins of ''Beowulf'' and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia'', p. 77〕 After 749, East Anglia was ruled either by the Mercians or by kings whose genealogy is not known. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wuffingas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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