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	Eorcenberht of Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eorcenberht (died 14 July 664) was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent from 640 to 664, succeeding his father Eadbald.
		According to Bede (HE III.8), Eorcenberht was the first king in Britain to command that pagan idols be destroyed and that Lent be observed.
		Eorcenberht married Seaxburh, daughter of king Anna of East Anglia, and their daughter Eorcengota became a nun at the abbey of Faremoutiers-en-Brie on the continent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eorcenberht_of_Kent (170 words)

	Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In the aftermath of the decisive defeat of Mercia by Wessex (at the battle of Ellendun in 825), Kent surrendered to, and was subsequently absorbed into, Wessex.
		Eorcenberht was married to Seaxburh (St.Sexburga), eldest daughter of Anna, king of East Anglia.
		Heaberht appears as king of Kent in a charter issued (764) by Offa of Mercia at Canterbury.
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /kent.htm (4161 words)

	Wihtred of Kent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		He became king during the period of disorder in Kent that followed the invasion of (additional info and facts about Caedwalla of Wessex) Caedwalla of Wessex.
		It was also in 694 that Wihtred made peace with the (A literary dialect of Old English) West Saxon king (additional info and facts about Ine) Ine, which he achieved by paying compensation for the killing of Caedwalla's brother, (additional info and facts about Mul) Mul, in (additional info and facts about 687) 687.
		Wihtred produced a law code for Kent, which was notable for its generosity toward the (A place for public (especially Christian) worship) Church, which was granted freedom from (The imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state) taxation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wihtred_of_kent.htm (340 words)

	Eadbald of Kent - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Eadbald (died January 20, 640) was the King of Kent from 616 until his death.
		He also arranged a marriage between his sister Æthelberg and Edwin of Northumbria, later taking her and Paulinus back when Edwin died in 633.
		Eadbald married the Frankish princess Emma, daughter of Theudebert II of Austrasia, possibly in 624, and they had a son called Eorcenberht, who succeeded Eadbald as king.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Eadbald (152 words)

	Eorcenberht of Kent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Eorcenberht of Kent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Eorcenberht married (additional info and facts about Seaxburh) Seaxburh, daughter of king (additional info and facts about Anna of East Anglia) Anna of East Anglia, and their daughter Eorcengota became a (A woman religious) nun at the (A monastery ruled by an abbot) abbey of Faremoutiers-en-Brie on the continent.
		Eorcenberht was succeeded by his son (additional info and facts about Ecgberht) Ecgberht.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/eo/eorcenberht_of_kent.htm (143 words)

	Ecgberht of Kent - TheBestLinks.com - Bede, July 4, July 14, 664, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Ecgberht of Kent, Bede, July 4, July 14, 664, 673, Gaul, Hlothhere of Kent...
		July 4, 673) was a King of Kent who ruled from 664 to 673, succeeding his father Eorcenberht.
		The Mildrith legend reports that he had his cousins Aethelred and Aethelberht (sons of his uncle Eormenred) killed; this may reflect a dynastic struggle that ended in the success of Eorcenberht's line.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Ecgberht_of_Kent.html (232 words)

	Franks and Anglo-Saxons 613-899 by Sanderson Beck
		Eorcenberht died during a plague in 664 and was succeeded by his eldest son Ecgberht (r.
		A revolt in Kent lasted two years; then Cenwulf appointed his brother Cuthred to be king of Kent until he died in 807, when Kent returned to being a Mercian province.
		Aethelwulf passed Kent and the southeast to his second son Aethelberht when he died in 858; after Aethelbald died in 860, the West Saxon kingdom was reunited under Aethelberht.
	www.san.beck.org /AB16-Franks613-899.html (16782 words)

	E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Eadberht Præn, king of Kent (796 – 798 deposed and mutilated)
		Eadburh Bugga, abbess of Minster in Thanet in Kent and saint (fl.
		Eorcenberht, king of Kent (king 640 – 664; d.
	www.asnc.cam.ac.uk /pase/Level1/Level2/Level3/E.html (973 words)

	Seaxburh of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Seaxburh was the queen of Wessex, ruling jointly with her husband Cenwalh of Wessex, from 672 until 674.
		It is possible that she is the same Seaxburh who married Eorcenberht of Kent, in which case she was the daughter of Anna of East Anglia and sister of Æthelthryth.
		If this is the case, she became an abbess after Cenwalh's death, but some sources claim that she died in 674, the same year as Cenwalh.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Seaxburh-of-Wessex.htm (167 words)

	Simon Keynes: Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography, Section Q (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The tale of the Kentish Princes Æthelberht and Æthelred (not mentioned in Bede) illustrates the dynastic connections between Kent, East Anglia, and Mercia in the late seventh century, and introduces us to the political and economic importance of one of the Kentish royal minsters in the eighth century.
		Eorcenberht, king of Kent (640-64), married Seaxburh, daughter of Anna, king of the East Angles.
		of Kent; foundress and abbess of Minster-in-Sheppey; 2nd abbess of Ely.
	www.wmich.edu /medieval/research/rawl/keynesbib/biblioq.htm (8726 words)

	SparkNotes: Early Middle Ages (475-1000): Christianity, 325-650s: Conversion, the Papacy, and Monasticism I
		Irish monks had already made some limited inroads by the 570s, and after King Aethelbehrt of Kent had married Frankish King Charibert's daughter, the former had been required to allow a Frankish bishop and retinue into his kingdom.
		Though Essex and Kent kings reverted to paganism after Aethelbehrt's 616 death, they soon returned to the faith under Kent's Eadbald and Eorcenberht (616-64).
		Christianization spread northward in the 620s when King Edwin of Northumbria married Eadbald's sister and agreed to accept the new religion.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/middle1/summary_1.html (3691 words)

	East Anglia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Florence of Worcester for 654: "Anna, king of the East Angles, was slain by king Penda, and was succeeded by his brother Aethelhere."
		At some unspecified time, Anna's eldest daughter, Seaxburh (St.Sexburga), married Eorcenberht of Kent, whilst, in 660, another daughter, Æthelthryth (St.Etheldreda or St.Audrey), married Ecgfrith of Northumbria.
		The incumbent king of Kent (apparently a Mercian 'puppet') was driven out by Ecgberht's son, Æthelwulf, and the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' records that: ".
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /anglia.htm (4866 words)

	SparkNotes: Early Middle Ages (475-1000): Important Terms, People, and Events
		Aethelbehrt - · King of Kent in 570s-580s, had married Frankish King Charibert's daughter, the former had been required to allow a Frankish bishop and retinue into his kingdom.
		605) to Kent in 597, whom Aethelbehrt allowed to preach from a monastery in Canterbury.
		The King and his people soon converted to Roman Catholicism, and Augustine became Archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/european/middle1/terms.html (6639 words)

	SISTER FIDELMA MYSTERIES - FAQS
		In AD 664 the Yellow Plague was devastating Europe once again and estimates of its destruction seem to agree that a third of the population has died from it.
		The Venerable Bede points out that many prominent people in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, such as King Eorcenberht of Kent (AD 640-664) and Bishop Tuda, have succumbed to it and it has swept as far north as Lastingham, in Northumbria.
		Bede writes: `This pestilence did no less harm in the island of Ireland.
	www.sisterfidelma.com /FAQS.htm (14661 words)

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