Polity · 490 CE – 807 CE
Kingdom of Kent
- Peak recorded area
- 4,349 km²
- 490 CE
- Rulers on record
- 14
- from 580 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of the Kentish, today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval English kingdom in present-day South East England. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century AD until it was fully absorbed into the Kingdom of Wessex in the mid-9th century and later into the Kingdom of England in the early 10th century.
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Territory
8 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
14 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Æthelberhtking of Kent580 CE – 612 CE
- Ecgberht of Kentking of Kent664 CE – 673 CE
- Hlothhere of Kentking of Kent673 CE – 685 CE
- Wihtred of Kentking of Kent690 CE – 725 CE
- Æthelbert IIking of Kent725 CE – 762 CE
- Eadbert I of Kentking of Kent725 CE – 748 CE
- Eardwulf of Kentking of Kent747 CE – 765 CE
- Eanmund of Kentking of Kent764 CE – 765 CE
- Heaberht of Kentking of Kent764 CE – 765 CE
- Sigered of Kentking of Kent764 CE – 765 CE
- Egbert II of Kentking of Kent765 CE – 779 CE
- Ealhmund of Kentking of Kent778 CE – 779 CE
- Eadberht III Prænking of Kent796 CE – 798 CE
- Cuthred of Kentking of Kent798 CE – 807 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Old English
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Kingdom of Kent is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.