Cook Family Ancestry Earconbert of Kent King of Kent [4818] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent King of Kent [5784]
(Abt 0552-0616)

Bertha Princess of Paris, Queen of Kent [5957]
(0539-Abt 0612)

Theudebert II of Austrasia, King of Austrasia [5796]
(0586-0612)

Bellichildis [60453]
(-0609)

Eadbald of Kent King of Kent [5785]
(-0640)

Emma of Austrasia [5787]

Earconbert of Kent King of Kent [4818]
(-0664)

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Spouses/Children:
Sexburga of East-Anglia Nun In Gaul [4822]

Earconbert of Kent King of Kent [4818] ²⁴

Marriage: Sexburga of East-Anglia Nun In Gaul [4822]
Died: 14 Jul 664

bullet General Notes:

Acceded: 640

Said by the venereable Bede to be the first English King to order the
destruction of Idols throughout his kingdom. He also ordered everyone to
observe lenten fasts.

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal06751

http://www.thepeerage.com/p15026.htm#i150257

John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 64. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 13. Hereinafter cited as Handbook of British Chronology.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 640.

Earconbert married Sexburga of East-Anglia Nun In Gaul [4822] [MRIN: 1436], daughter of Anna of East-Anglia King of East Anglia [4823] and Saewara [4824].

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Earconbert of Kent King of Kent [4818] ²⁴