Earconberht I.

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Kent in Anglo-Saxon times

Earconberht (also Earconberct, Earkenbriht, Ercanbryht, Arcenbriht or Ercumbert ; † 14 July 664 ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent from 640 until his death . He came from the Oiscingas dynasty .

Life

family

Earconberht was a son of King Eadbald and his second wife Emma (also Æmma or Ymme), the daughter of a Frankish king , possibly Chlothar II. Some historians assume that Emma was the daughter of Erchinoald , the Frankish housekeeper in Neustria .

He was married to Seaxburg , a daughter of King Anna of East Anglia , with whom he had at least four children: the two daughters Eormenhild and Eorcengota and the sons and later kings Ecgberht I and Hlothhere . Eorcengota became a nun in Faremoutiers Abbey in the Frankish Empire and Eormenhild was married to Wulfhere , King of Mercia .

Domination

At first Eadbald seems to have an otherwise unknown Æthelwald and later his son Eormenred involved in the rule. Eadbald died in 640 and his son Earconberht I succeeded him as king, probably together with his brother Eormenred. According to Roger von Wendover , a 13th century chronicler, Earconberht ousted his brother from the throne. Earconberht survived his brother and raised his sons Æthelred and Æthelberht under his protection. He ordered the destruction of pagan idols and made failure to observe the 40-day fast before Easter a punishable offense. Around the year 654 he took Wilfrid , later Bishop of York , on a pilgrimage to Rome, with him and gave him Benedict Biscop as a guide for the trip. After the death of Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury , he set up an Anglo-Saxon in this office for the first time in 655, Deusdedit . Earconberht died in 664, as did King Swithhelm of Essex and Archbishop Deusdedit, when an epidemic broke out across Britain that claimed numerous victims. His son Ecgberht I succeeded as King of Kent. His widow Seaxburg retired to a monastery.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of Kent . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , Wiley-Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 501-502.
  2. ↑ Barbara Yorke: The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain , 600-800, Pearson, 2006, ISBN 978-0-582-77292-2 , p. 65.
  3. ↑ a b c Beda: HE 3.8
  4. ↑ Beda: HE 4.1 and HE 4.26
  5. ^ Mary Dockray-Miller: Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England , Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 978-0312227210 , p. 13.
  6. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England , Routledge, 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , p. 32.
  7. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 37.
  8. ^ JA Giles (translator): Roger von Wendover : Flores Historiarum , Bohn, London 1849, p. 83
  9. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England , Routledge, 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , p. 35.
  10. ↑ Beda: HE 5,19
  11. ↑ Beda: HE 3.20
  12. ↑ Bede: HE 3.27 and HE 4.1
  13. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 664 Online in Project Gutenberg (English)
predecessor Office successor
Eadbald
together with Eormenred 		King of Kent
640–664
initially together with Eormenred 		Ecgberht I.
personal data
SURNAME Earconberht I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Earconberht; Earconberct; Earkenbriht; Ercanbryht; Arcenbriht; Ercumbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Kent
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 664