Eadbert
Also known as: Bishop Eadbert · Family: Mercians · Role: chief · First appears: Book III · Chap. XXIV
Life events
- c. 653 · Immin, Eafa, and Eadbert rebelled against Oswy and installed Wulfhere as king.(Book III · Chap. XXIV)
- c. 684 · Eadbert fell gravely ill and died after his fever increased in severity.(Book IV · Chap. XXX)
- “Soon after, Bishop Eadbert, beloved of God, fell grievously sick, and his fever daily increasing in severity, ere long, that is, on the 6th of May, he also departed to the Lord”
- c. 684 · Eadbert was buried in Cuthbert’s grave beneath the coffin containing Cuthbert’s remains.(Book IV · Chap. XXX)
- With: Cuthbert
- “they laid his body in the grave of the blessed father Cuthbert, placing over it the coffin, with the uncorrupted remains of that father.”
- 705 · Eadbert was consecrated the first bishop of the South Saxons.(Book V · Chap. XVIII · 📍 Selaeseu)
- With: Wilfrid
- “Eadbert, at that time abbot of the monastery of Bishop Wilfrid, of blessed memory, called Selaeseu, was consecrated their first bishop.”
- 705 · After Eadbert died, Eolla succeeded him as bishop.(Book V · Chap. XVIII)
- With: Eolla
- “On his death, Eolla succeeded to the office of bishop.”
- 725 · Wictred died and left Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric heirs to Kent.(Book V · Chap. XXIII · 📍 Kent)
- With: Wictred Ethelbert, son of Wictred 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”
- c. 735 · Ethelbald wrongfully wasted part of Northumbria while Eadbert was campaigning against the Picts.(Book V · Chap. XXIV · part 2 · 📍 Northumbria)
- With: Ethelbald
- “Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, cruelly and wrongfully wasted part of Northumbria, their king, Eadbert, with his army, being employed against the Picts.”
- c. 735 · Eadbert left the kingdom to his son Oswulf.(Book V · Chap. XXIV · part 2)
- With: Oswulf
- “left the kingdom to his son Oswulf.”
Book III · Chap. XXIV
- enemies with Oswy “Three years after the death of King Penda, the Mercian chiefs, Immin, and Eafa, and Eadbert, rebelled against King Oswy,”
Book IV · Chap. XXX
- with Cuthbert (Eadbert was buried in Cuthbert's grave.) “they laid his body in the grave of the blessed father Cuthbert, placing over it the coffin, with the uncorrupted remains of that father.”
Book V · Chap. XVIII
- with Wilfrid (Eadbert was abbot of the monastery associated with Bishop Wilfrid.) “Eadbert, at that time abbot of the monastery of Bishop Wilfrid, of blessed memory, called Selaeseu, was consecrated their first bishop.”
Book V · Chap. XXIII
- parent: Wictred “left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”
- siblings with Ethelbert, son of Wictred “left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”
- siblings with Alric “left his three sons, Ethelbert, Eadbert, and Alric, heirs of that kingdom”
Book V · Chap. XXIV · part 2
- enemies with Ethelbald “Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, cruelly and wrongfully wasted part of Northumbria, their king, Eadbert, with his army, being employed against the Picts.”
- child: Oswulf “Eadbert, king of the Northumbrians, receiving St. Peter’s tonsure for the love of God, and to the end that he might take the heavenly country by force, left the kingdom to his son Oswulf.”
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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.