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Eohric | |
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King of the East Angles | |
Reign | 890 – 902 |
Predecessor | Guthrum |
Successor | Æthelwold |
Eohric (died 902) was a Danish Viking king of East Anglia. The name Eohric is the Old English form of the Old Norse Eiríkr.
It would appear that Eohric became king of East Anglia following the death of King Guthrum in 890. Otherwise,little is known of Eohric or of the kingdom of East Anglia in his time. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that an army from East Anglia raided Mercia and Wessex, and a West Saxon army raided East Anglia in retaliation. The Vikings met a section of the West Saxons at the Battle of the Holme on 13 December 902, and Eohric was killed.
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