Wehha of East Anglia

Wehha
'Wehh Wilhelming' from the Textus Roffensis
King of the East Angles
Reignunknown
SuccessorWuffa of East Anglia
Diedc. 571
DynastyWuffingas
ReligionAnglo-Saxon Paganism

Wehha of East Anglia is listed by Anglo-Saxon records as a king of the East Angles. If he existed, Wehha ruled the East Angles as a pagan king during the 6th century, when the region was being established as a kingdom by migrants arriving from what is now Frisia and the southern Jutland peninsula. Early sources identify him as a member of the Wuffingas dynasty, which was established around the east coast of Suffolk. Nothing of his reign is known.

According to the East Anglian tally from the Textus Roffensis, Wehha was the son of Wilhelm. The 9th century History of the Britons lists Wehha, named as 'Guillem Guercha', as the first king of the East Angles, as well as his son and heir Wuffa, after whom the dynasty was named. It has been claimed that the name Wehha is a hypocoristic version of Wihstān, from the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. This claim, along with evidence from finds discovered at Sutton Hoo since 1939, suggests a connection between the Wuffingas and a Swedish dynasty, the Scylfings.