Eadbald of Kent King of Kent [5785] ²⁴

   Another name for Eadbald was Eadbeald King of Kent.

  General Notes:

Acceded: 616
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Eadbald (died 640) was King of Kent from 616 until his death. He succeeded his father Æthelberht , who made Kent the dominant force in England during his reign and became the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity. Eadbald's accession was a significant setback for the growth of the church, since he was a pagan and did not convert for at least a year, and perhaps for as much as eight years. He was ultimately converted by either Laurentius or Justus , and separated from his first wife, who had been his stepmother, at the insistence of the church. Eadbald's second wife was Ymme, who may have been a Frankish princess. She bore him two sons, Eormenred and Eorcenberht , and a daughter, Eanswith .
Eadbald's influence was less than his father's, but Kent was powerful enough to be omitted from the list of kingdoms dominated by Edwin of Northumbria . Edwin's marriage to Eadbald's sister, Æthelburg , established a good relationship between Kent and Northumbria which appears to have continued into Oswald 's reign. When Æthelburg fled to Kent on Edwin's death in about 633, she sent her children to Francia for safety, fearing the intrigues of both Eadbald and Oswald. The Kentish royal line made several strong diplomatic marriages over the succeeding years, including the marriage of Eanflæd , Eadbald's niece, to Oswiu , and of Eorcenberht to Seaxburh , daughter of King Anna of East Anglia .
Eadbald died in 640, and was succeeded by Eorcenberht. Eormenred may have been his oldest son, but if he reigned at all it was only as a junior king.


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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.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Kent, 24 Feb 616.

Eadbald married after 616.

  Marriage Notes:

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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.

Eadbald next married Emma of Austrasia [5787] [MRIN: 1911], daughter of Theudebert II of Austrasia, King of Austrasia [5796] and Bellichildis [60453].