EGBERT I ap EARCONBERT
King of Kent

BIRTH: 652 in Kent, England
DEATH: 673 in Kent, England
BURIAL:
FATHER:Earconbert ap EADBALD - Abt 627 in Kent, England
MOTHER: Saxburga Saxe verch SAEWARA - 635 in East Anglia
MARRIAGE: Abt 671 - Unknown
CHILDREN:
1. Wihtred ap EGBERT I - Abt 673 in Kent, England

2. Eadric ap EGBERT I - Abt 675 in Kent, England

Egbert succeeded his father Earconbert as King of Kent after his death.
He ruled from 664 to 673. It is very possible that he was still a child when he became
king since his mother Saxburga was recorded as 'regent'.
He had his cousins Aethelred and Aethelbert killed. They were sons of his uncle Earmenred.
Charter records show that he patronized the monastery of Chertsey.
Egbert's brother Hlothere succeeded him as King of Kent and then was followed,
by Egbert's son Eadric and then his other son Wihtred.

SOURCES: Wikipedia.com
Bede: The Ecclesiastical History of the English PeopleD.P.Kirby,
The Earliest English Kings (London: Unwin Hyman, 1991), pgs 43-44

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