Eardwulf (Kent)

Kent in Anglo-Saxon times

Eardwulf (also Eardulfus, Earduulfus ; † before 762) was co-king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent from 748 until his death .

Life

Eardwulf came from the Kentish dynasty of the Oiscingas . He was a son of King Eadberht I (725-748). His mother is unknown. Eardwulf was his successor as king in west Kent after the death of his father in 748. In the eastern part of Kent his uncle (thelberht II. (725–762) ruled as the superior king. Both parts of the country were under the suzerainty of Mercias, whose king Æthelbald dominated the whole of southern England.

From the time between 748 and 672 two charters or copies thereof have survived, which bear Eardwulf's hand signs . With the Charter S30, Eardwulf notarized grazing rights in Holanspic (not localized), Paetlanhrygc (Petteridge in Brenchley) and Lindhrygc (Lindridge) in favor of the Church of St Andrew in Rochester . His uncle King Æthelberht II signed this document as a witness. Charter S31 certifies a donation of land near Perhamstede (presumably Palmstead / Kent) to Heahberht, the abbot of Reculver monastery . Eardwulf was illiterate and signed with a cross, which he put per propriam manum ("with your own hand"). A letter sent by King Eardwulf and Bishop Eardwulf of Rochester to Bishop Lullus of Mainz with a request for prayers for deceased relatives has also been preserved. With Eardwulf, the rule of the Oiscingas in western Kent ended. He was succeeded by Sigered , who probably came from the royal dynasty of Essex .

The sources of Eardwulf are sparse and contradicting. He was not mentioned by contemporary chroniclers. Some modern historians consider his father Eadberht I (725–748) and Eadberht II (762– around 764) to be identical people, and consider Eardwulf to rule with his father. The chronology and rulers of his time should be viewed with a certain skepticism.

swell

• Charter S30
• Charter S31

literature

• Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 .
• Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)

Web links

• Eardwulf 2 in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
• Eardulf in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Beck , Dieter Geuenich , Heiko Steuer (Ed.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Volume 24, de Gruyter, 2003, ISBN 978-3-11-017575-2 , pp. 298-299.
2. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of Kent . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 501-502.
3. ↑ Simon Keynes: Æthelbald . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 11-13.
4. ↑ Charter S30
5. ↑ ^{a b} Charter S31
6. ↑ Eardwulf 2  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)  
7. ↑ J. Insley: Oiscingas . In: Heinrich Beck , Dieter Geuenich , Heiko Steuer (Eds.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde Volume 22, de Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 978-3-11-017351-2 , pp. 33-38.
8. ↑ EB Fryde et al. (Ed.): Handbook of British Chronology (Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5 .
9. ↑ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England , Routledge, 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 30-31.

predecessor	Office	successor
Eadberht I.	King of West Kent 748 – before 762	Sigered