Oswine, King of Kent, jointly with Swæfberht

Swæfberht

Swæfberht was a King of Kent, reigning jointly with Oswine, and possibly also Swæfheard.Swæfberht issued an undated charter that was witnessed by Oswine , and is probably the Gabertus who witnessed a charter issued by Oswine in July 689...

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Swæfheard

Swæfheard was a king of Kent, reigning jointly with Oswine, Wihtred, and possibly Swæfberht.Swæfheard’s charter dated 1 March 689, in the second year of his reign, identifies his father as Sæbbi, King of Essex . He witnessed two charters of Oswine , one of which is dated 27 January 690...

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Oswine is known from three charters: one http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+12 is dated July 689 and apparently witnessed by Swæfberht (corruptly as Gabertus); another http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+13 is dated 26 January 690, witnessed by Swæfheard, and implies Oswine's descent from Eormenred

Eormenred of Kent

Eormenred was a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Kent, who is described as king in some texts. There is no contemporary evidence for Eormenred, but he is mentioned in later hagiographies, and his existence is considered possible by scholars.Eormenred is described as a son of Eadbald,...

; and in third http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+14, which is undated, but again witnessed by Swæfheard, expresses Oswine’s gratitude for his restoration to the kingdom of his fathers (gratias refero miserenti Deo omnipotenti qui confirmauit me in regno patrum meorum et dedit mihi domum cognationis mee).