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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...
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Eadbald is an Anglo-Saxon male name, from the Old
English words for rich and bold. It
might refer to: King
Eadbald of Kent,
early 7th
century Eadbald...
- Æthelberht
ruled as
joint king with his son,
Eadbald. It may be that Æthelberht was king of east Kent and
Eadbald became king of west Kent; the east Kent king...
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records that
Eadbald's repudiation of
Christianity was a
severe setback to the
growth of the
Church in England. He
further claims that
Eadbald was divinely...
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succeeding his
father Eadbald. The
Kentish Royal Legend (also
known as the
Mildrith legend)
suggests that he was the
younger son of
Eadbald and Emma of Austrasia...
- His
immediate predecessor was Oswine, who was
probably descended from
Eadbald,
though not
through the same line as Wihtred.
Shortly after the
start of...
- office.
Mellitus fled
first to Canterbury, but Æthelberht's
successor Eadbald was also a pagan, so Mellitus,
accompanied by Justus, took
refuge in Gaul...
- two Churches. Æthelberht died in 616,
during Laurence's tenure; his son
Eadbald abandoned Christianity in
favour of Anglo-Saxon paganism,
forcing many...
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seventh century) was a
Frankish woman,
possibly a Merovingian, who
married Eadbald of Kent. Emma was a
daughter of the
Frankish king
Theudebert II, who ruled...
- correct, and that
Eadbald was
converted by Laurence.
Yorke argues that
there were two
kings of Kent
during Eadbald's reign,
Eadbald and Æthelwald, and...
