Eormenric Oiscingas, King of Kent
(Est 520-Aft 560)
Charibert I Meroving, King of Paris
(Abt 517-567)
Ingoberge, Queen of Paris
(Abt 520-589)
Æðelbeorht I Oiscingas, King of Kent
(552-615)
Bercta (Berthe, Aldeberge) Meroving
(Bef 560-Abt 601)
Eadbeald Oiscingas, King of Kent
(Abt 582-640)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Emma des Franken

Eadbeald Oiscingas, King of Kent 1

  • Born: Abt 582, Kent, England
  • Died: 20 Jan 640

  General Notes:

42 x great-grandfather

  Research Notes:

King of Kent from 24 Feb 616 to 20 Jan 640.

Eadbald's accession was a significant setback for the growth of the church, since he retained his indigenous paganism and did not convert to Christianity 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 Emma, who may have been a Frankish princess....

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.

For more information and source references, refer to article. 2

  Marriage Information:

Eadbeald married Emma des Franken. (Emma des Franken died in 642.)

Sources


1 The Peerage, http://www.thepeerage.com/p15026.htm#i150256.

2 Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadbald_of_Kent.


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