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Eadbald (Old English: Eadbald) was King of Kent from 616 until his death in 640. He was the son of King Æthelberht and his wife Bertha , a daughter of the Merovingian king Charibert . [1] Æthelberht made Kent the dominant force in England during his reign and became the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity from Anglo-Saxon paganism .
Eadbald (died Jan. 20, 640) was the king of Kent, who succeeded his father Aethelberht in 616. He had not been influenced by the teaching of the Christian missionaries, and his first step on his accession was to marry his father’s widow. After his subsequent conversion by Laurentius, archbishop of Canterbury, he built a church in Canterbury ...
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Mar 27, 2021 · 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.
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Background. Kent, 588–640. Late sixth century: Æthelberht of Kent marries Bertha. 597: Gregorian mission arrives. 616: Eadbald's pagan backlash. Bede's account. Alternative chronology. 640: Eorcenberht orders idols destroyed. Essex, 604–665. East Anglia, 604–630. 604: Rædwald is baptized. 627: Eorpwald is baptized. 627: Ricberht's Pagan backlash.
1 day ago · HE was succeeded by his son Eadbald, who became the sixth king of Kent. A man very unlike his father; for as soon as he became his own master, he forsook the Christian religion, and became again a heathen, and is even said to have married the queen, his mother-in-law.
Eadbald was King of Kent from 616 until his death in 640. He was the son of King Æthelberht and his wife Bertha, a daughter of the Merovingian king Charibert. Æthelberht made Kent the dominant force in England during his reign and became the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity from Anglo-Saxon paganism.
When Eadbald of Kent was born before 0580, in Kent, England, his father, Æthelberht King of Kent, was 29 and his mother, Bertha Queen of Kent, was 37. He married Emma de Neustrie princesse franque after 0616. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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