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2 unusual facts about Anna of East Anglia


Holkham

In 654 the Christian king of East Anglia, Anna of East Anglia, was killed in battle against the last pagan king of Mercia.

Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh

There was a church there in 654 to which the bodies of the East Anglian King Anna and his son, descendants of King Wehha, were brought after their deaths in battle at Bulcamp with the Mercian King Penda.



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