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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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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...
- 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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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...
- 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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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...
- (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...
- a more
serious setback for the church.
According to Bede (HE III.8),
Eorcenberht was the
first king in
Britain to
command that
pagan "idols" (cult images)...
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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...
- his
appointment to the see of
Canterbury to a
collaboration between Eorcenberht of Kent and
Cenwalh of Wes****. The name
Deusdedit means "God has given"...
