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ELLA (d. c. 514)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 288 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ELLA (d. c. 514)  , king of the South
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Saxons and founder of the
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kingdom of Sussex, was a Saxon ealdorman, who landed near Arundel in Sussex with his three sons in 477 . Defeating the Britons, who were driven into the
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forest of Andredsweald, Ella and his followers established themselves along the south coast, although their progress was slow and difficult . However, in 491, strengthened by the arrival of fresh bands of immigrants, they captured the
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Roman city of
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Anderida and " slew all that were therein." Ella, who is reckoned as the first
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Bretwalda, then became king of the South Saxons, and, when he died about 514, he was succeeded by his son Cissa .

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