Swæfheard
Encyclopedia
Swæfheard was a king
of Kent
, reigning jointly with Oswine
, Wihtred
, and possibly Swæfberht
.
Swæfheard’s charter http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+10 dated 1 March 689, in the second year of his reign, identifies his father as Sæbbi, King of Essex (ac consensu patris mei Sebbe regis). He witnessed two charters of Oswine
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+13http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+14, one of which is dated 27 January 690. He was still reigning jointly with Withred in July 692, according to Bede.
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of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, reigning jointly with Oswine
Oswine of Kent
Oswine, King of Kent, jointly with Swæfberht and Swæfheard.Oswine is known from three charters: one is dated July 689 and apparently witnessed by Swæfberht ; another is dated 26 January 690, witnessed by Swæfheard, and implies Oswine's descent from Eormenred; and in third , which is undated, but...
, Wihtred
Wihtred of Kent
Wihtred was king of Kent from about 690 or 691 until his death. He was a son of Ecgberht I and a brother of Eadric. Wihtred acceded to the throne after a confused period in the 680s, which included a brief conquest of Kent by Cædwalla of Wessex and subsequent dynastic conflicts...
, and possibly 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...
.
Swæfheard’s charter http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+10 dated 1 March 689, in the second year of his reign, identifies his father as Sæbbi, King of Essex (ac consensu patris mei Sebbe regis). He witnessed two charters of Oswine
Oswine of Kent
Oswine, King of Kent, jointly with Swæfberht and Swæfheard.Oswine is known from three charters: one is dated July 689 and apparently witnessed by Swæfberht ; another is dated 26 January 690, witnessed by Swæfheard, and implies Oswine's descent from Eormenred; and in third , which is undated, but...
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+13http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+14, one of which is dated 27 January 690. He was still reigning jointly with Withred in July 692, according to Bede.
See also
- List of monarchs of Kent
- Chronology of Kentish Kings