Æthelberht II
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Æthelberht, also called Saint Ethelbert the King was an 8th-century saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
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One of the four known coins depicting Æthelberht II (British Museum)
Æthelberht's name in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
St Ethelbert (left) with Christ, from St Ethelbert's Church, Alby, Norfolk
The modern (2008) shrine of St Ethelbert in Hereford Cathedral
A portion of the Saint Ethelbert Gate at Norwich Cathedral
The upper part of the St Ethelbert Gate at Norwich CathedralHistorical Figures born in the 800s 6
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Æthelberht, also called Saint Ethelbert the King was an 8th-century saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Little is known of his reign, which may have begun in 779, according to later sources, and very few of the coins he issued have been discovered. It is known from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that he was killed on the orders of Offa of Mercia in 794.
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