Ecgberht II was king of Kent jointly with Heaberht. Ecgberht II is known from his coins and charters, ranging from 765 to 779, two of which were witnessed...
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Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex...
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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...
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Ecgberht II may refer to: Ecgberht II of Kent (ruled 765–779) Ecgberht II of Northumbria (ruled 876–878 or after 883?) Ekbert II (c. 1060 – 1090), Count...
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Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he expelled the Mercian sub-king and was...
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submitted to Ecgberht, and he had appointed Æthelwulf to rule the south-eastern territories as King of Kent. The Vikings ravaged the Isle of Sheppey in...
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670 – 23 April 725) was king of Kent from about 690 or 691 until his death. He was a son of Ecgberht I and a brother of Eadric. Wihtred ascended to the...
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the precepts of God", he came into conflict with Jænberht, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Jænberht had been a supporter of Ecgberht II of Kent, which may...
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hides of land recorded in the seventh or eighth century. However the period was tumultuous for the Kentish royal family; Kent was ruled by Ecgberht from...
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8th century. In the Charter for Halling (765-785 AD), Ecgberht II of Kent granted to St. Andrew of Rochester "ten sulings at Halling with rights to pasture...
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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...
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Æthelberht became king of both Wessex and Kent, and they were never again divided. When Æthelbald's grandfather Ecgberht became king of Wessex in 802, it would...
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Heaberht was a king of Kent in the 8th century, ruling jointly with Ecgberht II. Heaberht is known from his coins and from charters of other kings. He witnessed...
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who became queen of Kent. She enabled the 597 Gregorian mission, led by Augustine, which resulted in the conversion to Christianity of Anglo-Saxon England...
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son Æthelstan as sub-king of Kent. Æthelwulf and Ecgberht may not have intended a permanent union between Wessex and Kent as they both appointed sons...
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Æthelred the Unready (redirect from Ecgberht AEtheling)
Ælfgifu, daughter of Thored, earl of Northumbria, in about 985. Their known children are: Æthelstan Ætheling (died 1014); Ecgberht Ætheling (died c. 1005);...
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while) west Kent. The last king of Essex was Sigered of Essex, who in 825 ceded the kingdom to Ecgberht, King of Wessex. The Kingdom of Essex was bounded...
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Alfred the Great (redirect from Alfred of England)
Æthelwulf's daughter, Æthelswith. In 825, Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf to invade the Mercian sub-kingdom of Kent, and its sub-king, Baldred, was driven out...
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to the island of Cyzicus (modern Turkey). King Ecgberht of Kent loses the overlordship of Surrey to King Wulfhere of Mercia. Ecgberht then grants the...
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Announcement of Titles, The Royal Household, 19 May 2018. "No. 62358". The London Gazette. 20 July 2018. p. 12928. Edwards, Heather (2004). "Ecgberht [Egbert]...
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probably submits to King Ecgfrith of Northumbria as his overlord. July 4 – King Ecgberht I of Kent dies after a reign of nearly 9 years. He is succeeded...
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consequence of Ecgberht's defeat of Beornwulf in 825 at the battle of Ellendun had been the loss of Mercian control over the south-eastern kingdoms of Kent, Sussex...
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Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England (section Kent)
under the influence of Wilfrid, studied under Ecgberht of Ripon, and spent twelve years at the Abbey of Rath Melsigi. Around 690, Ecgberht sent him and eleven...
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Wessex (redirect from Kingdom of Wessex)
rule. Cædwalla later conquered Sussex, Kent and the Isle of Wight. His successor, Ine (r. 689–726), issued one of the oldest surviving English law codes...
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Norman features and was built on the site of a convent founded by Domne Eafe, cousin to King Ecgberht of Kent. Sandwich has two world-class golf courses...
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of Connacht Chengguan, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 738) Cummascach mac Congalaig, king of Brega Ecgberht, king of Wessex Eóganan mac Óengusa, king of the...
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Eorcenberht of Kent, who dies after a 24-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Ecgberht. Queen Seaxburh becomes regent, ruling Kent until Ecgberht comes of age...
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Irish revolutionary Eanmund of Kent, King of Kent Eardwulf of Kent, King of Kent Ecgberht of Kent (died 673), King of Kent Ed Kent (1859-1???), American baseball...
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invasion of Mercia fails. 802 Ecgberht becomes King of Wessex following the death of Beorhtric. 803 Council of Clofeshoh abolishes the Archbishopric of Lichfield...
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