Æthelberht
King of Kent from 589 · Historical Figures · Lived 552 to 612 · aged 60
Æthelberht was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
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Sculpture of Æthelberht on Canterbury Cathedral in England![The entry for 827 in the [C] ms. (one of the Abingdon manuscripts) of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, listing the eight bretwaldas; Æthelberht's name, spelled "Æþelbriht", is the second-to-last word on the fifth line](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Entry_for_827_in_the_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle%2C_which_lists_the_eight_bretwaldas.gif/500px-Entry_for_827_in_the_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle%2C_which_lists_the_eight_bretwaldas.gif)
The entry for 827 in the [C] ms. (one of the Abingdon manuscripts) of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, listing the eight bretwaldas; Æthelberht's name, spelled "Æþelbriht", is the second-to-last word on the fifth line
Stained-glass window of Æthelberht from the chapel of All Souls College, Oxford
The first page of the twelfth-century manuscript of Æthelberht's law code
A thrymsa from the reign of Eadbald, Æthelberht's son. None of the coins are known to carry Æthelberht's name, although they may have been minted during his reign.
Statue of Æthelberht with Canterbury Cathedral in the backgroundAbout this person
In the late-ninth-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he is referred to as a bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity.
