Editing Rædwald of East Anglia (section)

== Family ==
Rædwald, which in Old English means 'power in counsel',<ref>Bosworth, ''A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=WRkAAAAAYAAJ&dq=wald+ruler+raed+counsel&pg=PA286 p. 286]</ref> was born around 560–580. The son of Tytila, whom he succeeded, he was the elder brother of [[Eni of East Anglia|Eni]]. According to Bede, he was descended from [[Wuffa of East Anglia|Wuffa]], the founder of the Wuffingas dynasty: ''filius Tytili, cuius pater fuit UUffa'' ('the son of Tytil, whose father was Wuffa').<ref name="Kirby52">Kirby, ''The Earliest English Kings'', p. 52</ref><ref>Newton, ''The Origins of Beowulf and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia'', p. 78</ref>

At some time during the 590s, Rædwald married a woman whose name is unknown, though it is known from Bede that she was pagan.<ref>Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'', II.15</ref> By her he fathered at least two sons, Rægenhere and [[Eorpwald of East Anglia|Eorpwald]]. He also had an older son, [[Sigebert of East Anglia|Sigeberht]], whose name is unlike other Wuffingas names but which is typical of the [[Kingdom of Essex|East Saxon dynasty]]. It has been suggested that Rædwald's queen had previously been married to a member of the Essex royal family and that Sigeberht was Rædwald's stepson, as was stated by [[William of Malmesbury]] in the 12th century.<ref>Plunkett, ''Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times'', pp. 99–100</ref> Sigeberht earned the enmity of his step-father, who drove him into exile in [[Gaul]], possibly to protect the Wuffingas bloodline.<ref name=Plunkett_72>Plunkett, ''Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times'', p. 72</ref>

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For a family tree that includes the descendants of Eni, see [[Wuffingas]].