Kings of Kent

This is a list of the kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent.

The regnal dates for the earlier kings are known only from Bede, who piously expunged apostates (Unde cunctis placuit regum tempora computantibus, ut ablata de medio regum perfidorum memoria, idem annus sequentis regis), and seems also to have deliberately suppressed details of short or joint reigns in order to produce an orderly sequence (he had no place for Æðelwald or Eormenred). Generally more than one king ruled in Kent. Some kings are known mainly from charters, of which several are forgeries, while others have been subjected to tampering in order to reconcile them with the erroneous king lists of chroniclers, baffled by blanks, and confused by concurrent reigns and kings with similar or identical names. It is commonplace for the later kings to be referred to as subkings, but the actual rank used is always rex, never regulus (except for a late legend concerning Eormenred). The usual style was simply King of Kent (rex Cantiae) or King of the Kentish Men (rex Cantuariorum). Territorial division within Kent is not alluded to, except by Eadberht I (rex Cantuariorum terram dimidii) and Sigered (rex dimidie partis prouincie Cantuariorum).

died 685

Lotharius rex Cancie

Clotharius

Hlotharius

Ædricus rex

Edricus

still reigning 692

Sueaberdus rex Cantie

Suebertus rex Cantuariorum

Oswinus rex Cantuariorum

died 23 April 725

Wythredus rex Cantuariorum

Wihtredus rex Cantuariorum

Ædbeortus rex Cantie

Athelbertus rex

Eardulfus rex Cantiae

Ædbertus rex

Eadbertus rex Cantie

Sigeredus rex dimidie partis prouincie Cantuariorum

Heaberhtus rex

Egcberhtus rex Cantiae

Egcberht rex Cantie

Egcberth rex Cantie

Egcberhtus rex

EADBEARHT REX

died 807

Cuðred rex Cantiae

Cuðredus rex cantwariorum

Ceolwulf rex Merciorum seu etiam Cantwariorum

BALDRED REX CANT

Æðeluulf rex Cantrariorum

Æthelwolf gratia Dei rex Kanciae

Ætheluulf rex Cancie

Aeðeluulf Rex Cancie

Aetheluulf gratia Dei rex occidentalium Saxonum seu etiam Cantuuariorum

Aeðeluulf gratia Dei rex occidentalium Saxonum nec non 7 Cantuariorum

Eðelwulf rex occidentalium Saxonum nec non et Cantuariorum

Eðeluulfus rex Occidentalium Saxonum necnon et Cantuariorum

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