Eorcenberht of Kent (also Ærconberht, Earconberht, or Earconbert) (died 14 July 664) was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent from 640 until his death...
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may have been a Frankish princess. They had two sons, Eormenred and Eorcenberht, and a daughter, Eanswith. Eadbald's influence was less than his father's...
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Hlothhere succeeded his brother Ecgberht I in 673. His parents were Eorcenberht of Kent and Seaxburh of Ely, the daughter of Anna of East Anglia. In...
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his brother, and is said to have left his two sons in Eorcenberht's care. However, after Eorcenberht himself died, his son and successor Ecgberht arranged...
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(died 4 July 673) was a king of Kent (664-673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht. He may have still been a child when he became king following his father's...
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venerated a saint of the Christian Church. She was married to King Eorcenberht of Kent. After her husband's death in 664, Seaxburh remained in Kent...
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kingdom to his son Eorcenberht, which he most nobly governed twenty-four years and some months. — Bede 1910, HE III.8 Eorcenberht was succeeded by his...
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sweeps across the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. July 14 – The plague claims King Eorcenberht of Kent, who dies after a 24-year reign, and is succeeded by his son...
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arranged an important diplomatic marriage between his daughter Seaxburh and Eorcenberht of Kent, cementing an alliance between the two kingdoms. It was by means...
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Surrey, Essex, and Kent. He married Eormenhild, the daughter of King Eorcenberht of Kent. Wulfhere's father, Penda, was killed in 655 at the Battle of...
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