Eadbald of Kent, King of Kent^[1]

- 640

• Name	Eadbald of Kent
  Suffix	King of Kent
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	24 Feb 616
  	King of Kent
  Name	Eadbeald
  Death	20 Jan 640
  Notes	Acceded: 616 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal06745 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadbald_of_Kent «b»Eadbald«/b» (died 640) was «u»King «/u» of «u»Kent «/u» from 616 until his death. He succeeded his father «u»Æthelberht «/u», who made Kent the dominant force in England during his reign and became the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity. Eadbald's accession was a significant setback for the growth of the church, since he was a pagan and did not convert for at least a year, and perhaps for as much as eight years. He was ultimately converted by either «u»Laurentius «/u» or «u»Justus «/u», and separated from his first wife, who had been his stepmother, at the insistence of the church. Eadbald's second wife was Ymme, who may have been a Frankish princess. She bore him two sons, Eormenred and «u»Eorcenberht «/u», and a daughter, «u»Eanswith «/u». Eadbald's influence was less than his father's, but Kent was powerful enough to be omitted from the list of kingdoms dominated by «u»Edwin of Northumbria «/u». Edwin's marriage to Eadbald's sister, «u»Æthelburg «/u», established a good relationship between Kent and Northumbria which appears to have continued into «u»Oswald «/u»'s reign. When Æthelburg fled to Kent on Edwin's death in about 633, she sent her children to Francia for safety, fearing the intrigues of both Eadbald and Oswald. The Kentish royal line made several strong diplomatic marriages over the succeeding years, including the marriage of «u»Eanflæd «/u», Eadbald's niece, to «u»Oswiu «/u», and of Eorcenberht to «u»Seaxburh «/u», daughter of King «u»Anna of East Anglia «/u». Eadbald died in 640, and was succeeded by Eorcenberht. Eormenred may have been his oldest son, but if he reigned at all it was only as a junior king. http://www.thepeerage.com/p15026.htm#i150256 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». 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 13. Hereinafter cited as «i»Handbook of British Chronology«/i».
  Person ID	I5785	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Saint AEthelbert I of Kent, King of Kent,   b. Abt 552, Kent, England d. 24 Feb 616, Kent, England (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F1909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Marriage	Aft 616
  	http://www.thepeerage.com/p15026.htm#i150256 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 13. Hereinafter cited as «i»Handbook of British Chronology«/i».
  Children	1. Mildred (Miltrude) of Lyminge, Abbess of Lyminge   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Emma of Austrasia   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Eormenred of Kent, sub-King of Kent   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Earconbert of Kent, King of Kent   d. 14 Jul 664   3. Eanswythe (St.) of Folkestone, Abbess of Folkestone   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos

  Eadbaldobv.1.jpg King Eadbald portrayed on a gold thrymsa coin

  
  

• 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).