• 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...
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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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  • 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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  • 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...
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    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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  • 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...
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  • His immediate predecessor was Oswine, who was probably descended from Eadbald, though not through the same line as Wihtred. Shortly after the start of...
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  • Eadbald was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey. Eadbald was consecrated between 862 and 866. He died between 866 and 869. His successor is uncertain, who could...
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    Eadbald (or Eadbeald; died between 796 and 798) was a medieval Bishop of London. Eadbald was consecrated between 793 and 796. He died between 796 and 798...
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    Edwin. Edwin and Eadbald of Kent were allies at this time, and Edwin arranged to marry Eadbald's sister Æthelburg. Bede notes that Eadbald would agree to...
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    to Bilichildis. His daughter Emma is sometimes thought to have married Eadbald of Kent. Murray 2018, p. 1494. McCollum, Adam Carter. "Theudebert II",...
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  • 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...
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    Ebba, was, according to the Kentish royal legend, a granddaughter of King Eadbald of Kent and the foundress of the double monastery of Minster in Thanet...
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    name 'Ablington' is derived from the 'estate called after Eadbald' (personal name Ēadbald + ing + tūn) and is recorded as Eadbaldingtun in 855, as Ablinton...
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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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  • Kent (sometimes spelled Aethelberht) and his queen Bertha, and sister of Eadbald. In 625, she married Edwin of Northumbria as his second wife. A condition...
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    River Idle, Æthelberht of Kent died and was succeeded by his pagan son Eadbald. After the death of the Christian Saebert of Essex, his three sons shared...
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  • consecrated a bishop. He accompanied Æthelburg of Kent, sister of King Eadbald of Kent, on her journey to Northumbria to marry King Edwin of Northumbria...
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    completed and consecrated in 613. Ca. 624 a short distance to the east, Eadbald, son and successor of Ethelbert, founded a second church, dedicated to...
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  • American football player 2003 – Antonia Ružić, Croatian tennis player 640 – Eadbald, king of Kent 820 – Al-Shafi‘i, Arab scholar and jurist (b. 767) 842 –...
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  • scholars. In the Kentish royal legend, Eormenred is described as a son of Eadbald, who was King of Kent from 616 to 640, and his second wife Emma, who may...
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  • Phinaert in a duel to avenge his parents' deaths (approximate date). King Eadbald of Kent dies after a 24-year reign. He is succeeded by his sons, Eorcenberht...
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    century, with Frankish royal daughter Emma of Austrasia and the wife of Eadbald of Kent found in written sources. Its popularity in the medieval era increased...
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  • Austrasia (fl. 7th century), daughter of Theudebert II and possibly wife of Eadbald of Kent Emma of Normandy (c. 985–1052), twice Queen consort of the Kingdom...
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    Æthelberht was succeeded in Kent by his son Eadbald. Bede states that after Æthelberht's death Eadbald refused to be baptised and married his stepmother...
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    of letters. Anglo-Saxon records indicate that Bertha had two children: Eadbald of Kent and Æthelburg of Kent. She is named in the genealogies of various...
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    killed on orders of Brunhilda. Emma of Austrasia, married in 618 to King Eadbald of Kent († 640). Though recently it has been suggested that she may have...
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    charters first Christian King of Kent February 616 to 20 January 640 (Bede) Eadbald no genuine charters son of Æðelberht I unknown Æðelwald no charters contemporary...
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    ~/ej/, [eʝ]? eateïnne (personal name) Thornhill Stone II ᛖᚪ /æɑ/, /æːɑ/ eadbald (personal name) Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano Graffiti ᚪᚢ ~/ɑu/...
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    sustained expansion" in the period from c. 625 to 642, when the Kentish king Eadbald sponsored a mission to the Northumbrians led by Paulinus, the Northumbrian...
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