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AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent
(552-616)
Bertha
(539-Cir 612)
Theodebert II of Austrasia
(Cir 584-)
Eadbald of Kent
(-640)
Emma of Austrasia
(-)
Eorcenberht of Kent
(-664)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

2. Sexburga of East-Anglia

Eorcenberht of Kent 1 2

  • Marriage (1): Unknown
  • Marriage (2): Sexburga of East-Anglia
  • Died: 14 Jul 664

   Another name for Eorcenberht was Earconbert.

  General Notes:

Said by the venereable Bede to be the first English King to order the destruction of idols throughout his kingdom. He also ordered everyone to observe lenten fasts.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a King of Kent From 640.


Eorcenberht married.


Eorcenberht next married Sexburga of East-Anglia, daughter of Anna of East-Anglia and Saewara.


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

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