EADBALD ap AETHELBERT I
King of Kent
| BIRTH: 600 in Kent, England DEATH: 20 Jan 640 in Kent, England BURIAL: FATHER: Aethelbert I EORMENRICSSON - Abt 535 in Kent, England MOTHER: Berthe verch CHARIBERT I - 541 in Paris, Seine, France FIRST MARRIAGE: Abt 617 Unknown CHILD: 1. Miltrude Mildred verch EADBALD - 618 in Kent, England
SECOND MARRIAGE: Abt 624 - Emma verch THEUDEBERT II in Kent, England CHILDREN: 2. Earconbert ap EADBALD - Abt 627 in Kent, England 3. Irmifred ap EADBALD - Abt 628 in Kent, England 4. Eormenred ap EADBALD - Abt 635 in Kent, England 5. Eanswythe verch EADBALD - 637 in Kent, England 6. Eormengild ap EADBALD - 639 in Kent, England |
BIRTH: Abt 605 in Austrasia, France
Eadbald renounced his baptism and rejected Christianity to marry his father's widow. Later, he was converted by Laruence of Canterbury. He built a church in Canterbury.
He arranged the marriage between his sister Aethelberg and Edwin of Northumbria. Edwin died in 633.
Eadbald married Emma the Frankish Princess and daughter of Theudebert II of Austrasia about 624. They had a son, Eorcenbert who succeeded Eadbald as king.
During Eadbald's reign, gold coins were minted at London and inscribed "AVDVARLD".
Eadbald died 20 January 640.
SOURCE: D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings - London: Unwin Hyman, 1991, pp. 37-42 - Wikipedia.com