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450
The Jutes first started raiding the shores of Britain
• Mostly conflicts with the Saxons and Angles as the Jutes, Saxons and Angles were the most powerful Germanic people in that period of time
• First began raiding the shores of Britain in the second half of the 3rd century Because Britain was under pressure from other invaders (Picts and Scots) they were unable to defend themselves which made it easy for the Anglo-Saxons (Saxons, Jutes and Angles) to establish several Germanic kingdoms, which are mostly in south and east of England. -
450
Hengest and Horsa establish the Kingdom of Kent
Hengest and Horsa (Stallion and Mare) established the Kingdom of Kent, the earliest Geramanic state in Britain. It is believed that they were invited to Britain by the native king Vortigern as auxiliaries against the Picts, who have also invaded Britain. But because of the kingdom's small size, it was unable to impose itself militarily for a long time. -
Period: 455 to
Rule of the first king of Kent, Hengest
The son of Wihtgils, descendant of Odin -
Period: 516 to 540
Octha, son of Osic
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Period: 540 to
Eormenric , son of Octha
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Period: Jan 1, 616 to Jan 1, 640
Eadbald … son of Æthelbert I
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Period: Jan 1, 640 to Jan 1, 664
Eorcenbert … son of Eadbald
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Period: Jan 1, 664 to Jan 1, 673
Ecgbert I … son of Eorcenbert
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Period: Jan 1, 673 to
Hlothhere … son of Eorcenbert
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Period: Jan 1, 725 to Jan 1, 754
Four kings ruled at this time
725–748 Æthelbert II … son of Wihtred; abdicated
725–762 Eadbert I … son of Wihtred 725–759 Ælric … son of Wihtred 748–754 Eardwulf … son of Eadbert I -
Period: Jan 1, 754 to Jan 1, 762
Æthelbert II … restored to throne
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Period: Jan 1, 762 to Jan 1, 764
Ealhmund
Son of Eafa, son of Eoppa, son of Ingild, son of king Ine of Wessex; deposed -
Period: Jan 1, 764 to
Heathbert … Mercian vassal
764–784 Ecgbert II … son of (?) Æthelbert II also ruled at that time -
Period: to
685–686 Eadric … son of Ecgbert I
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Period: to
Mul … brother of king Cædwalla of Wessex
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Period: to
Sigehere … son of king Sigebert of Essex
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Period: to
Oswine … son of (?)
Son of Æthelred, son of Eormenred, son of Eadbald; in East Kent; deposed -
Period: to
Swæfheard son of king Sæbbi of Essex; in West Kent; abdicated
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Period: to Jan 1, 725
Wihtred … son of Ecgbert I, was in East Kent only until 693
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Period: to Jan 1, 762
Sigered
He was brother of (?) king Sigebert of Wessex; deposed, and died 778: -
Period: to
784–785 Ealhmund … restored; deposed
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Period: to
Eadbert II, Præn … son of (?) Æthelbert II; deposed
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Period: to
Cuthred … brother of king Cenwulf of Mercia
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Period: to
Cenwulf
Son of Cuthbert, son of Bassa, son of Cynereow, son of Centwine, son of Cundwalh, son of Cenwalh, son of Pybba -
Period: to
Ceolwulf I … brother of Cenwulf; deposed
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Period: to
Baldred … Mercian vassal; deposed
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Period: to
Æthelwulf
Son of king Ecgbert of Wessex, son of Ealhmund -
Period: to
Æthelstan … brother of Æthelwulf
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Period: to
King from Wessex
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Period: to
Æthelbert … son of Æthelwulf;
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Period: to
King from Wessex
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Period: to
Eadwine … son of king Eadward I of England
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Period: to 516
Osic, son of Hengest
Was king after Hengest -
Period: to Jan 1, 616
Æthelbert I … son of Eormenric
His conversion to Roman Christianity in 601 secured Kent’s continued importance as the location of the archiepiscopal seat at Canterbury, and, coupled with his marriage to a Frankish princess, helped connect Anglo-Saxon England with continental Europe.
