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Sigeric I of Essex was a King of Essex, and a son of Saelred of Essex, reigning from an unknown date until he abdicated and went on pilgrimage to Rome in 798. Like his predecessors, he recognised Mercian overlordship.

The Itinerary of Archbishop Sigeric, a record of the journey of Sigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Rome in 990. It includes a list of 23 churches in Rome that he visited, one of which was dedicated to St Sigeric, possibly the same as the king of Essex

References

1. Yorke, Barbara (2004). "kings of the East Saxons (act. late 6th cent.–c. 820)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52340. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 5 September 2019. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
2. Yorke, Barbara (1990). Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London, UK: Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3.
3. "British Library". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

External links

• Sigeric 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

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