Eadbald

Family: Kent · Role: king · First appears: A.D. 560–625

Life events

• 640 · Eadbald died, and Erkenbert reigned after his father.(A.D. 626–655)
  • With: Erkenbert
  • “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.”

A.D. 560–625

• mentor: Laurentius “And he charged him to go to the king, and teach him the right belief. And he did so; and the king returned to the right belief.”

A.D. 626–655

• child: Ermenred “He had two sons, Ermenred and Erkenbert”
• child: Erkenbert “He had two sons, Ermenred and Erkenbert”
• with Paulinus (interaction) “Eadbald and Honorius received him very honourably, and gave him the bishopric of Rochester, where he continued to his death.”

A.D. 685–721

• child: 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: Ethelbert “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.