Andhun of Sussex explained

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]

Notes and References

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

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