Saint AEthelbert I of Kent, King of Kent^[1]

Abt 552 - 616  (~ 64 years)

• Name	AEthelbert I of Kent
  Prefix	Saint
  Suffix	King of Kent
  Birth	Abt 552	Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	Abt 560
  Feast Day	24 Feb
  Name	or Ethelbert, or Aethelberht or Æðelbeorht I
  Death	24 Feb 616	Kent, England
  Notes	Acceded: CIR 560 His feast day is 24th Feb. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal06741 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelbert_of_Kent «u»King«/u»of «u»KentV«/u» from around 580 or 590 until his death «b»Ethelbert«/b» (or «b»Æthelbert«/b», or «b»Aethelberht«/b») (means roughly 'Magnificent Noble') (c. «u»552 «/u» \endash «u»February 24 «/u», «u»616 [1]«/u») was «u»King <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Kent>«/u» of «u»Kent <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kent>«/u» from around 580 or 590 until his death. «u»Bede <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede>«/u» lists Ethelbert as being the third king to hold «i»imperium«/i» over other «u»Anglo-Saxon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons>«/u» kingdoms. In the late «u»9th century <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_century>«/u» «u»«i»Anglo-Saxon Chronicle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle>«/u»«/i» Ethelbert is referred to as a «u»Bretwalda <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretwalda>«/u». After his death, he was regarded as a «u»saint <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint>«/u». http://www.thepeerage.com/p15026.htm#i150255 1. Unknown article title, «i»Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy«/i», Chobham, Surrey, U.K., volume 1, issue 6, page 409. Hereinafter cited as Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. 2. John Morby, «i»Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook«/i» (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 64. Hereinafter cited as «i»Dynasties of the World«/i». 3. E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, «i»Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition«/i» (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 12. Hereinafter cited as «i»Handbook of British Chronology«/i». 4. Fryde, Greenway, Porter and Roy, «i»Handbook of British Chronology«/i», page 13. 5. Fryde, Greenway, Porter and Roy, «i»Handbook of British Chronology«/i», page 6.
  Person ID	I5784	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Eormenric of Kent, King of Kent   d. Abt 560
  Family ID	F2001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Saint Bertha, Princess of Paris, Queen of Kent,   b. 539, Paris, Seine, France d. Abt 612, Canterbury, Kingdom of Kent (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Bef 597
  Children	1. Eadbald of Kent, King of Kent   d. 20 Jan 640   2. Ethelburga   d. 647
  Family ID	F1909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).