EARCONBERT ap EADBALD
King of Kent
| BIRTH: 627 in Kent, England DEATH: 14 Jul 664 in Kent, England BURIAL: FATHER: Eadbald ap AETHELBERT I - Abt 600 in Kent, England MOTHER: Emma verch THEUDEBERT II - Abt 605 in Austrasia, France
MARRIAGE: Abt 650 - Saxburga Saxe-Anglia verch SAEWARA in East Anglia, England CHILDREN: 1. Egbert I ap EARCONBERT - Abt 652 in Kent, England 2. Hlothere ap EARCONBERT - Abt 654 in Kent, England 3. Earcongota verch EARCONBERT - Abt 656 in Kent, England 4. Eormengild verch EARCONBERT - Abt 658 in Kent, England |
BIRTH: Abt 635 in East Anglia, England
Earconbert was the first king in Britain to command the destruction of pagan idols. He commanded that Lent be observed. After the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earconbert appointed Deusdedit in 655. He was the first Saxon archbishop.
Saxburg, daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, became the wife of Earconbert. Earcongota, their daughter became a nun at the abbey of Faremoutiers-en-Brie.
Earconbert died 14 Jul 664 and he was succeeded by his son Egbert (Ecgberht).
SOURCE: Wikipedia.com
Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings - London: Unwin Hyman, 1991, pp. 42-44