Erkenbert
Family: Kent · Role: king · First appears: A.D. 626–655
Life events
- 640 · Eadbald died, and Erkenbert reigned after his father.(A.D. 626–655)
- With: Eadbald
- “This year died Eadbald, King of Kent, after a reign of twenty-five winters. He had two sons, Ermenred and Erkenbert; and Erkenbert reigned there after his father.”
- 664 · Erkenbert died, and his son Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of Kent.(A.D. 661–684)
- With: Egbert son of Erkenbert
- “Erkenbert, King of Kent, having died, Egbert his son succeeded to the kingdom.”
A.D. 626–655
- parent: Eadbald “He had two sons, Ermenred and Erkenbert”
- child: Ercongota “His daughter was called Ercongota--holy damsel of an illustrious sire! whose mother was Sexburga, the daughter of Anna, king of the East-Angles.”
A.D. 661–684
- child: Egbert son of Erkenbert “Egbert his son succeeded to the kingdom.”
A.D. 685–721
- child: Egbert son of Erkenbert “Wihtred, who succeeded to the kingdom of Kent, and held it thirty-three winters, was the son of Egbert, Egbert of Erkenbert, Erkenbert of Eadbald, Eadbald of Ethelbert.”
- parent: Eadbald “Wihtred, who succeeded to the kingdom of Kent, and held it thirty-three winters, was the son of Egbert, Egbert of Erkenbert, Erkenbert of Eadbald, Eadbald of Ethelbert.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.