• Ecgberht I (also spelled Egbert) (died 4 July 673) was a king of Kent (664-673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht. He may have still been a child when...
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    802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish...
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    early 850s) as sub-king of Kent. Ecgberht and Æthelwulf might not have intended a permanent union between Wessex and Kent as they both appointed sons...
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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 I may refer to: Ecgberht I of Kent (died 673) Ecgberht I of Northumbria (died 873) Ekbert I (died 1068), Margrave This disambiguation page lists...
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    was a King of Kent who ruled from 673 to 685. Hlothhere succeeded his brother Ecgberht I in 673. His parents were Eorcenberht of Kent and Seaxburh of...
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    August 686/ 687?) was a King of Kent (685–686). He was the son of Ecgberht I. In the 7th century the Kingdom of Kent had been politically stable for some...
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    Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he expelled the Mercian sub-king and was himself appointed sub-king. After 830, Ecgberht maintained good relations...
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  • Egbert I may refer to: Ecgberht of Kent, King of Kent from 664 to 673 Ecgberht I of Northumbria (died 873), king Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (died in...
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    King of Kent (rex Cantiae) or King of the Kentish Men (rex Cantuariorum). Territorial division within Kent is not alluded to, except by Eadberht I (rex Cantuariorum...
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  • Wihtredus) (c. 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...
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  • Egbert (redirect from Ecgberht)
    Ecgberht (Old English pronunciation: [ˈedʒberˠxt]) and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert. Ecgberht of Kent, king of Kent (ruled...
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    end of the so-called Mercian Supremacy. That same year, Ecgberht's son Æthelwulf invaded Kent and drove out its pro-Mercian king, Baldred. In the wake...
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  • the West Saxons in 839 on the death of his father, Ecgberht, he appointed Æthelstan to rule over Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex. He is styled king in the...
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    However the period was tumultuous for the Kentish royal family; Kent was ruled by Ecgberht from 664 to 673, but between 664 and 667 two royal cousins, Æthelred...
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    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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    (c. 565– d. in or after 601) was a Frankish princess who became queen of Kent. She enabled the 597 Gregorian mission, led by Augustine, which resulted...
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  • Kent, King of Kent Eardwulf of Kent, King of Kent Ecgberht of Kent (died 673), King of Kent Ed Kent (1859-1???), American baseball player Edith Kent (1908–2012)...
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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 as...
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    built on the site of a convent founded by Domne Eafe, cousin to King Ecgberht of Kent. Sandwich has two world-class golf courses, Royal St George's which...
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    the continued rise of the rival Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex under Ecgberht. Ecgberht drove Wiglaf from the throne in 829, and ruled Mercia directly for...
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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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    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 by his brother...
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  • 9th century in England. 801 Northumbrian invasion of Mercia fails. 802 Ecgberht becomes King of Wessex following the death of Beorhtric. 803 Council of...
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    and (for a short 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...
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    Eorcenberht, who was succeeded upon his death by his son Ecgberht. Through the connivance of King Ecgberht's advisor Thunor, the sons of Eormenred were murdered...
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    Eastry (redirect from Eastry, Kent)
    Saxon kings of Kent stood. One of Kent's oldest legends concerns King Ecgberht of Kent and the murder of his young cousins, Æthelred and Æthelberht, within...
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    in the manuscripts of the cathedral at La Seu d'Urgell (modern Spain). Ecgberht, King of Wessex, dies after a 37-year reign, and is succeeded by his son...
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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...
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    own name, with Heahberht on the witness list as king of Kent. Another king of Kent, Ecgberht, appears on a charter in 765 along with Heahberht; the charter...
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