Saberht

Saberht

▪ king of Essex
also spelled  Saeberht, or Sebert  
died 616/617

      first Christian king of the East Saxons, or Essex (from sometime before 604).

      Saberht reigned as a dependent of his uncle Aethelberht I, king of Kent, and became a Christian after Aethelberht's conversion. A late and doubtful legend attributes the founding of Westminster Abbey to Saberht—London being then the chief city of the East Saxons. He was succeeded by his sons, all known heathens, and the country of the East Saxons returned to heathenism.

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