Hlothere

Family: Kent · Role: king; brother of Egbert · First appears: Book IV · Chap. V

Life events

673 · Egbert, king of Kent, died, and his brother Hlothere succeeded him on the throne.(Book IV · Chap. V)
- With: Egbert (king of Kent)
- “In which year Egbert, king of Kent, died in the month of July; his brother Hlothere succeeded him on the throne”
c. 678 · Hlothere provided Imma the ransom price, securing his freedom.(Book IV · Chap. XXII · 📍 Kent)
- With: Imma
- “From him he asked and obtained the price of his freedom”
684 · Hlothere died after being wounded in battle with the South Saxons.(Book IV · Chap. XXVI)
- “Hlothere, king of Kent, died on the 6th of February, when he had reigned twelve years after his brother Egbert, who had reigned nine years: he was wounded in battle with the South Saxons”
684 · Edric raised the South Saxons against Hlothere, who died from his battle wound.(Book IV · Chap. XXVI)
- With: Edric
- “he was wounded in battle with the South Saxons, whom Edric, the son of Egbert, had raised against him, and died whilst his wound was being dressed.”

siblings with Egbert (king of Kent) “In which year Egbert, king of Kent, died in the month of July; his brother Hlothere succeeded him on the throne, which he held eleven years and seven months.”

liege: Theodore “In the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, under the rule of our most pious lords, Egfrid, king of of the Northumbrians, in the tenth year of his reign, the seventeenth of September, the eighth indiction; Ethelred, king of the Mercians, in the sixth year of his reign; Aldwulf king of the East Angles, in the seventeenth year of his reign; and Hlothere, king of Kent, in the seventh year of his reign; Theodore, by the grace of God, archbishop of the island of Britain, and of the city of Canterbury, being president”

elder kin: Ethelthryth (Ethelthryth is Hlothere’s maternal aunt.) “He, having taken an oath that he would either return, or send his owner the money for the ransom, went into Kent to King Hlothere, who was son to the sister of Queen Ethelthryth, above spoken of”
sworn: Ethelthryth (Hlothere had once been Ethelthryth’s thegn.) “King Hlothere, who was son to the sister of Queen Ethelthryth, above spoken of, for he had once been that queen’s thegn.”
with Imma (Imma asked Hlothere for the price of his freedom.) “From him he asked and obtained the price of his freedom”
with Imma (Hlothere provided the price of Imma’s freedom.) “From him he asked and obtained the price of his freedom”

siblings with Egbert (king of Kent) (Egbert is Hlothere's brother.) “Hlothere, king of Kent, died on the 6th of February, when he had reigned twelve years after his brother Egbert, who had reigned nine years”
enemies with Edric (Edric raised the South Saxons against Hlothere.) “he was wounded in battle with the South Saxons, whom Edric, the son of Egbert, had raised against him, and died whilst his wound was being dressed”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.