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Eadbald (Old English: Eadbald) was King of Kent from 616 until his death in 640. He was the son of King Æthelberht and his wife Bertha , a daughter of the Merovingian king Charibert . [ 1 ] Æthelberht made Kent the dominant force in England during his reign and became the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity from Anglo-Saxon ...
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 ...
King of Kent 725–748 With: Aethelbert II 725–762 Eardwulf 747–762 : Succeeded by. Eanmund This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 09:15 (UTC) ...
Eadbald became king of Kent on the death of his father on 24 February 616, or possibly 618. Although Æthelberht had been Christian since around 600 and his wife Bertha was also Christian, Eadbald was a pagan and led a strong reaction against the Gregorian mission, refusing to be baptised and marrying his stepmother, Æthelberht's second wife.
Eanswith was a princess of the Kingdom of Kent.Her father was Eadbald, who ruled as king of Kent from 616 to 640.Her mother, Eadbald's second wife, was Emma, who may have been a Frankish princess; she also bore him two sons, Eormenred and Eorcenberht.
In the Kentish royal legend, Eormenred is described as a son of Eadbald, who was King of Kent from 616 to 640, [1] and his second wife Emma, who may have been a Frankish princess. "Eormenred" is a name of Frankish origin, as is that of his brother, Eorcenberht . [ 1 ]
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Eadberht II was king of Kent, jointly with Sigered.He was apparently the son of Æðelberht II.. Eadberht II is known from three charters. As a result of confusion with Eadberht I, these charters have been subjected to tampering.