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Ealhmund was King of Kent in 784. He was probably the father of King Ecgberht who was King of Wessex from 802, and who conquered Kent in the 820s. Ecgberht was the grandfather of King Alfred the Great .
This is a list of the kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent.. The regnal dates for the earlier kings are known only from Bede.Some kings are known mainly from charters, of which several are forgeries, while others have been subjected to tampering in order to reconcile them with the erroneous king lists of chroniclers, baffled by blanks, and confused by concurrent reigns and kings with ...
This may refer to Offa's interventions in Kent at the time Ecgberht's father Ealhmund became king; if so, the chronicler's remark may also indicate Ealhmund had connections elsewhere in southeast England. [21] The Chronicle ' s version of events makes it appear that Baldred was driven out shortly after the battle, but this was probably not the ...
Ecgberht's father Ealhmund had been king of Kent in the 780s, which had brought his family into conflict with the ambitions of Offa of Mercia, who sought to impose direct rule on Kent. After his father's death, Ecgberht was driven from England into exile by Offa, with the co-operation of Beorhtric of Wessex and his accession to the throne of ...
Co-ruler, died suddenly a few months after his father. 17 Dec 796 ... King of Mercia r.757: Ealhmund King of Kent c.750–784 r.784: Cuthberht: Ecgfrith King of ...
King Beorhtric of Wessex (786–802), married Offa's daughter in 789. Beorhtric and Offa drove Æthelwulf's father Ecgberht into exile, and he spent several years at the court of Charlemagne in Francia. Ecgberht was the son of Ealhmund, who had briefly been King of Kent in 784.
King of Kent 765–779 Succeeded by. Ealhmund This page was last edited on 16 November 2023, at 16:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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