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In the 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, he is listed under his date of death, 24 February, with the citation: 'King of Kent, converted by St Augustine, bishop, the first leader of the English people to do so'. [59] The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, which contains Kent, commemorates him on 25 February. [60]
King Eorcenberht of Kent seized the rule of Kent in 640 in precedence to his elder brother Eormenred.Both were sons of Eadbald of Kent (r. c. 616–640). The legend, contained in a Latin Passio, tells that Eormenred and his wife Oslafa had several children including the two sons Aethelred and Aethelberht, and a daughter Eormenbeorg, also known as Domne Eafe.
Æthelberht (Old English: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf by his first wife, Osburh. Æthelberht was first recorded as a witness to a charter in 854.
Saint Ethelbert the King can refer to one of two different canonized kings of that name: Æthelberht II of East Anglia d. 20 May 794. Martyred. Æthelberht of Kent c. 550 – 24 February 616. Anglo-Saxon king converted to Christianity by Augustine of Canterbury
Æthelbert II (Old English: Æðelberht; c. 725–762) was king of Kent. Upon the death of his father Wihtred, [1] the kingdom was ruled by Æthelbert II and his brothers Eadberht I and Alric. Æthelbert seems to have outlived both of his brothers and later reigned jointly with his nephew Eardwulf.
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Æthelberht of Kent (c. 550–616), King of Kent; Æthelred and Æthelberht (died c. 669), possibly legendary princes of Kent, saints and martyrs; Æthelberht, king of the Hwicce (fl. 692–693) Æthelbert of Sussex (fl. 8th century), King of Sussex; Alberht of East Anglia (8th century), also Æthelberht I of East Anglia, ruler of East Anglia