Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Wictred

Family: Kent · Role: king · First appears: Book IV · Chap. XXVI

Life events

  • 684 · Wictred was settled on the throne and delivered Kent from foreign invasion.(Book IV · Chap. XXVI)
    • “till the lawful king, Wictred, the son of Egbert, being settled in the throne, by his piety and zeal delivered his nation from foreign invasion.”
  • 725 · Wictred died and left Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric heirs to Kent.(Book V · Chap. XXIII · 📍 Kent)
    • With: Ethelbert, son of Wictred Eadbert Alric
    • “Wictred, the son of Egbert, king of Kent, died on the 23rd of April, and left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”

Book IV · Chap. XXVI

  • parent: Egbert (king of Kent) (Wictred is Egbert's son.) “till the lawful king, Wictred, the son of Egbert, being settled in the throne”

Book V · Chap. XXIII

  • parent: Egbert (king of Kent) “Wictred, the son of Egbert, king of Kent, died on the 23rd of April”
  • child: Ethelbert, son of Wictred “left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”
  • child: Eadbert “left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”
  • child: Alric “left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”

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