Eadbald of Kent

Eadbald (also Auduarld, Eadbold, Edbaldus or Rædbald; † January 20 640) was of 616 / 618-640 King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent. He came from the dynasty of Oiscingas.

Life

Eadbald was the son of the king Aethelberht I and his first wife, Bertha, daughter of the Merovingian king Charibert I. and Ingo Berga. His sister was Æthelburg. His parents were devout Christians and were worshiped after death as saints. According to the report of the monk Venerable Bede Eadbald Heath had remained, while the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that he recanted his baptism after the death of his father.

Maybe Eadbald was involved in the reign of his father since 604 in the West Kents. After his mother died 601-616 Aethelberht married again. The name of this queen was not delivered. After Æthelberhts death in 616/618 Eadbald married his stepmother. Eadbald was probably converted by Archbishop Laurence of Canterbury in 618. He offended his wife and became a zealous promoter of Christianity. He called on the bishops Mellitus and Justus fled back from the Frankish Empire, and sat back on Justus as Bishop of Rochester. However, his political influence was less than that of his father and he could not Mellitus again in belonging to Essex London diocese to establish. In Canterbury Eadbald left a Mother of God church build by Mellitus, now Archbishop of Canterbury ( 619-624 ), was consecrated.

Eadbald was after his baptism, with Emma (also Æmma or Ymme ) married the daughter of a Frankish king, Chlothar II perhaps, and had with her ​​sons Earconberht and Ecgfrith. Another son was Eormenred. A Christian legend, also Eanswith, Abbess of Folkestone, a daughter Eadbalds and Emma should have been. Some historians believe that Emma 's daughter Erchinoalds, the Frankish mayor of the palace in Neustria was.

First Eadbald seems to have involved an otherwise unknown Æthelwald and later his son Eormenred to the rule. After the death of Bretwalda Raedwald around the year 625 to Northumbria developed to hegemonic power. Eadbald continued the marriage and mission policies of his predecessors and arranged in the year 625, the marriage to the pagan Edwin of Northumbria under the condition that she and her companions the freedom of religion is permitted his sister Æthelburg. After Edwin's death in 633 Æthelburg had with their children and the bishop Paulinus, who had accompanied them to Northumbria, flee to Kent, where they were kindly received. Eadbald and Archbishop Honorius of Canterbury awarded the made ​​vacant diocese of Rochester to Paulinus. From Eadbald reign gold coins are known, which was minted in London. They bear the inscription " AVDVARLD ".

Eadbald died in 640 and his son Earconberht followed him, probably together with his Eormenred other son, as king after. Eadbald had decreed that his corpse in the Abbey Church, " Peter and Paul " of Canterbury will be buried.

Swell

Bertha of Kent Francia Franks Chlothar II. Eorcenberht of Kent Eormenred of Kent Hlothhere of Kent Wihtred of Kent St Augustine's Abbey Rædwald of East Anglia Paulinus of York Internet History Sourcebooks Project Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England Barbara Yorke Integrated Authority File
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