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Ricberht (Old English: Ricbyhrt) may have briefly ruled East Anglia a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Little is known of his life or his reign.According to Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People Ricberht murdered Eorpwald of East Anglia in about 627 shortly after Eorpwald succeeded his father Rædwald as king and had then been baptised as a Christian.

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active years end year
0630-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
0627-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
predecessor
Eorpwald of East Anglia
successor
Sigeberht of East Anglia
title
possible king of the East Angles

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