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Earl of East Anglia was a title in the late Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Danish, and early Anglo-Norman period in England. Originally an independent kingdom in the heptarcy, East Anglia was conquered by Mercia at the end of the 8th century. East Anglia rebelled in the early 9th century, and remained independent under Anglo-Saxon or Norse kings until 918, when it was conquered by Wessex. First governed by ealdormen, it became an earldom in the Anglo-Danish period.

Ealdormen of East Anglia:


 * Ælfred (930-931x932)
 * Æthelstan Half-King (931x932-956x957)
 * Æthewold, son of Æthelstan Half-King (d. c. 962)
 * Æthelwine, youngest son of Æthelstan Half-King, d. 992
 * Leofsige (994-1002), "held with Essex, exiled 1002 for murdering a sheriff"
 * Ulfkytel, fl. 1004-1016 . Killed in the Battle of Ashingdon

The Earls of East Anglia were:
 * Thorkell the Tall (1017-21)
 * Osgod Clapa "exiled 1046, died 1054, signed charters as thane and constable 1026-1046, near Earl but a major landowner in East Anglia"
 * Harold Godwinson (1045-1051)
 * Ælfgar, (1051-1052)
 * Harold Godwinson, (1052-1053)
 * Ælfgar, (1053-1057)
 * Gyrth Godwinson, (1057-1066), fell at Hastings

Ralph de Guader was created Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk around 1070, and held all the core regions of the old earldom. He is thus sometimes referred to as Earl of East Anglia. After his rebellion in 1075, the earldom was divided into the later earldoms of Norfolk and Suffolk