Eadric of Kent

Eadric (also Edric, Edricus, Ædric; * 670, † 686 probably in August or 31 August 687 ) was from 685 until his death King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent. He came from the dynasty of Oiscingas.

Life

Family

Eadric was a son of King Ecgberht I.. His mother's name is unknown. His brother was also later Wihtred king. It may be that Eormenhild ( " Hermelinda " ), the Anglo-Saxon woman of Lombard Cunincpert, his sister. Eadrics progeny are not known.

Succession

According to the chronicler Bede whose brother was after Ecgberhts death on July 4, 673 Hlothhere successor as king. Presumably, however, there was a one-year interregnum by Wulfhere of Mercia, a brother Ecgberhts. After a military defeat against Northumbria in 674 dwindled Wulf Heres influence and in the year 675, the year Wulf Heres authenticated Hlothhere in the " first year of his reign " a charter without the usual approval of the hegemonic power of Mercia.

For about 679 probably was a subordinate co-regency Eadric, since together with that of his uncle Hlothheres find his name under a legal code. Kent's sphere of influence seems to have reached to Lundenwic after ( London) in Essex, where a wic - gerefa (such as " market Vogt " ) Kents in the " Royal Hall " officiated. In the year 679 ( " with the approval of Archbishop Theodore and Eadrics, the son of my brother " ) gave Hlothhere cum consensu archiepiscopi Theodori et Edrico, filium fratris mei to the Abbot Beorhtwald and the monastery Reculver lands at Westanae ( Isle of Thanet ) and in Sturry ( at Canterbury ). This is the oldest surviving original Anglo-Saxon Charter. A later king Charter Swæfheards from the year 689 confirmed an apparently common land donation Hlothheres and Eadrics.

Rule

To 684/685 to Eadric and Hlothhere must have fallen out because Eadric went to Sussex, where he mobilized troops against Hlothhere, whom he defeated in a battle on 6 February 685. Hlothhere yet succumbed to his injuries on the battlefield. Eadric was then succeeded him as king. In June 686 Eadric sold the Abbot Hadrian from St. Peter's Abbey in Canterbury lands at Stodmarsh (about 8 km east of Canterbury ) for 10 libras (about "pound " ) silver. Very soon afterwards, however, had Eadric with Caedwalla, king of Wessex deal, which set out to subdue the south and east of England in several campaigns. Caedwalla thus gained control of Sussex and captured 686 in alliance with King Sighere of Essex finally Kent. Caedwalla then put his brother Mul as governor in Kent a. The fate Eadrics is unclear: According to the Venerable Bede 686 Eadric died after one and a half years in power, that is, during these struggles. Other sources give the date of death on 31 August 687. In Kent followed by a period of rapidly changing foreign rulers and usurpers to the year 690 with Eadrics brother Wihtred the dynasty of Oiscingas could regain power.

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