WebThis is a list of the kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent. The regnal dates for the earlier kings are known only from Bede . Some kings are known mainly from charters, of which several are forgeries, while others have been subjected to tampering in order to reconcile them with the erroneous king lists of chroniclers, baffled by blanks, and …

WebHengist and Horsa are Germanic brothers said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their invasion of Britain in the 5th century. Tradition lists Hengist as the first of the Jutish kings of Kent.. Most modern scholarly consensus now regards Hengist and Horsa to be mythical figures, and much scholarship has emphasised the likelihood of this based on …

WebBiography. He is not known to have struck any coins, and the only contemporary evidence of him is an abstract of a charter dated 784, in which Ealhmund granted land to the Abbot of Reculver.In this charter he is identified as Ealmundus rex Canciæ. By the following year Offa of Mercia seems to have been ruling directly, as he issued a charter without any mention …

WebÆthelberht (/ ˈ æ θ əl b ər t /; also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; Old English: Æðelberht [ˈæðelberˠxt]; c. 550 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over other Anglo-Saxon …

WebÆthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble Wolf"; died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825 his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber.Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he expelled the Mercian …

WebTämä on luettelo Englannin kuningaskunnan hallitsijoista.Luettelo jatkuu luettelossa Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan hallitsijoista.. Englannin perustukset luotiin jo kauan ennen kuin sitä saattoi sanoa yhtenäiseksi kuningaskunnaksi. Englannista muodostui valtio useassa vaiheessa Alfred Suuren ja tämän pojanpojan Athelstanin hallituskausien välillä. …

WebWilfrid left Kent for Rome in the company of Benedict Biscop, another of Eanflæd's contacts. This is the first pilgrimage to Rome known to have been undertaken by English natives, and took place some time between 653 and 658. According to Wilfrid's later biographer, Stephen of Ripon, Wilfrid left Biscop's company at Lyon, where Wilfrid …

WebOswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (Old English: Ōswīg) (c. 612 – 15 February 670), was King of Bernicia from 642 and of Northumbria from 654 until his death. He is notable for his role at the Synod of Whitby in 664, which ultimately brought the church in Northumbria into conformity with the wider Catholic Church.. One of the sons of Æthelfrith of Bernicia, …

WebEcgberht ou Egbert est roi du Wessex de 802 jusqu'à sa mort, en 839.. Fils supposé du roi de Kent Ealhmund, il est contraint à l'exil dans les années 780 par Offa de Mercie et Beorhtric de Wessex.Après s'être réfugié à la cour de Charlemagne, il s'empare du trône du Wessex à la mort de Beorhtric. Les vingt premières années de son règne sont peu …

WebÆthelberht (Old English: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf by his first wife, Osburh.Æthelberht was first recorded as a witness to a charter in 854. The following year Æthelwulf went on pilgrimage to Rome and appointed his oldest surviving son, …