Æscwine of Essex
6th-century king of Essex, possibly apocryphal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the king of Essex. For the king of Wessex, see Æscwine of Wessex.
Æscwine or Erkenwine (died 587) is listed in some Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies as the first king of Essex and father of Sledd. Most sources list Sledd as the first king and Æscwine's existence is uncertain.
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