The Kingdom of Kent was a kingdom of Jutes in southeast England and was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. For the coarse vegetable textile fiber, see Jute. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A map showing the general locations of the Anglo-Saxon peoples around the year 600 Britain and Ireland around the year 802 Heptarchy (Greek: seven + realm) is a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the south and east of Great Britain during late antiquity and the early...

Romano-British Ceint

The origins of Kent are obscure but the boundaries of the realm are likely to correspond to the ancient tribal lands of the Brythonic Cantiaci tribe or Ceint after which the kingdom is named. Caesar referred to Cingetorix, Carvilius, Taximagulus and Segovax as kings of the four regions of Cantiacia. Later kings are known from their coins, including Dubnovellaunus, Vosenos, Eppillus, and Amminus. Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... The Cantiaci were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands, previous to the Roman invasion of Britain. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Cingetorix (Celtic, marching king or king of warriors) was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesars second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Segovax, Carvilius and Taximagulus. ... Carvilius was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesars second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Segovax and Taximagulus. ... Taximagulus was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesars second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Carvilius and Segovax. ... Segovax was one of the four kings of Kent during Caesars second expedition to Britain in 54 BC, alongside Cingetorix, Carvilius and Taximagulus. ... Dumnovellaunus or Dubnovellaunus was a king ruling in south eastern England during the British Iron Age. ... Vodenos or Vosenios was a king of the Cantiaci of south-eastern Britain, and is known only from coin legends. ... Eppillus (Celtic: little horse) was the name of a Roman client king of the Atrebates tribe of the British Iron Age. ... Adminius was a son of Cunobelinus, ruler of the Catuvellauni, a tribe of Iron Age Britain. ...

The Kentish coastline was known as the Saxon Shore and was guarded by a series of very effective fortresses. After the evacuation of the last Roman legions from Britain a number of Jutish ships made landfall on the shores of Britain. The British ruling council was offering them payment in return for federati service defending the realm in the north from the incursions of Picts and Scots. According to legend they were promised provisions and offered the island of Ynys Ruym - now known as Thanet - in perpetuity to use as a base for their operations. It is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles that their leader, Hengist, advised; The Saxon Shore is the collective name given to a series of fortifications built along the south-east coast of what is now England, during the latter years of the Roman occupation of Britain. ... For the ancient tribe that inhabited what is now Scotland, see the Picts. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Scot A Scot is a person from Scotland. ... William Cobbett in 1827 when he rode to the Island The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, England. ... The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain. ...

Take my advice and you will never fear conquest from any man or any people, for my people are strong. I will invite my son and his cousin to fight against the Irish [the Scoti], for they are fine warriors.

Apparently the Jutes assaulted the enemy and brought much needed relief to the beleaguered Romano-British communities of the north. It is further said that the British king Vortigern married Rowena, the daughter of Hengist with the Cantiaci civitas (Kent) as the bride-gift. The word Jute is also used in reference to the Germanic people, the Jutes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rowena is a Latinized form of a Germanic name meaning fame and joy, formed from the words hrod (fame) and wynn (joy). ...

Gwrangon was king of Ceint in the time of Vortigern according to Nennius. The word 'king' may be misleading and it is more likely that the 'province' of the Cantiaci was ruled jointly by a civil governor (Gwrangon?) and a military governor, according to classic Roman institutions and that Hengest became the new military governor. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nennius, or Nemnivus, is the name of two shadowy personages traditionally associated with the history of Wales. ...

The establishment of barbarian bases inland rendered the extensive coastal forts of the Saxon Shore almost useless as the 6th Century British monk Gildas Sapiens laments; Saint Gildas (c. ...

They sealed its [Britain's] doom by inviting in among them (like wolves in to the sheep fold), the fierce and impious Saxons [sic] a race hurtful both to God and men, to repel the invasions of the northern nations. Nothing was ever so pernicious to our country, nothing was ever so unlucky. What palpable darkness must have enveloped their minds-darkened desperate and cruel! Those very people whom, when absent, they dreaded more than death itself, were invited to reside, as one may say, under the selfsame roof.

The Jutes began making ever increasing demands for provisions from their hosts who became increasingly divided and fractious. Each time the Britons threatened to withhold the supplies the Jutes threatened to break the alliance and ravage the country. Vortimer - Vortigern's own son - assembled an army and attacked the Jutes. Vortimer died at the Battle of Aylesthrep alongside the Jutish co-ruler of Kent - Horsa. The next year the Jutes were attacked again at the Battle of Creganford. In Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia regum Britanniae, a fictional account of the rulers of England, Vortimer is a legendary king of the Britons. ... Horsa, according to tradition, was a fifth century warrior and brother of Hengest who took part in the invasion and conquest of Britain from its native Romano-British and Celtic inhabitants. ...

Reputedly, a banquet took place ostensibly to seal a peace treaty between the Britons and their Germanic foes which may have involved the cession of modern-day Essex. As told, the story claims that the "Saxons"—which probably includes Angles and Jutes—arrived at the banquet armed, surprising the British, who were slaughtered. This event was dubbed the Night of the Long Knives by Geoffrey of Monmouth and is the original event to bear that name. The only escapees from this slaughter were said to be Vortigern himself, and Saint Abban the Hermit. The historical existence of this event or persons involved in it is conjectural as textual evidence is weak and begins in the 7th century. The Night of the Long Knives is the name Geoffrey of Monmouth gave to the (possibly apocryphal) slaughter of British chieftains by Jute, Anglo and Saxon mercenaries at a monastery (or perhaps Stonehenge) on Salisbury Plain in ca. ... Abban the Hermit is a Roman Catholic saint, once revered in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), though little is known about his life outside of what is found in the Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon. ...

The British government under Vortigern unravelled and civil war was spreading across the country. Further actions took place at the Battle of Wippedsfleot but Kent was never recovered. The pacified territory of Ceint was from now on known as Cantware its kings traced their lineage from Hengist. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Jutish Cantware

The first securely datable event in the kingdom is the arrival of Augustine with 40 monks in 597. Because Kent was the first kingdom in England to be established by the Germanic invaders it was able to become relatively powerful in the early Anglo-Saxon period. Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, 604 (traditional) or 605 (Thorn)) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent, Bretwalda of England by Pope Gregory the Great in 597. ... Events Saint Augustine is created Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Kent seems to have had its greatest power under Æthelbert at the beginning of the 7th century: Æthelbert was recognized as Bretwalda until his death in 616, and was the first Anglo-Saxon king to accept Christianity, as well as the first to introduce a written code of laws in 616. After his reign, however, the power of Kent began to decline: by the middle of the century, it seems to have been dominated by more powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Statue of Ethelbert. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Bretwalda is an Anglo-Saxon term, the first record of which comes from the late ninth-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. ... Events Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is...

In 686, Kent was conquered by Caedwalla of Wessex; within a year, Caedwalla's brother Mul was killed in a Kentish revolt, and Caedwalla returned to devastate the kingdom again. After this, Kent fell into a state of disorder. The Mercians backed a client king named Oswine, but he seems to have reigned for only about two years, after which Wihtred became king. Wihtred did a great deal to restore the kingdom after the devastation and tumult of the preceding years, and in 694 he made peace with the West Saxons by paying compensation for the killing of Mul. Events October 21 - Conon becomes Pope, succeeding Pope John V. Empress Jito ascends to the throne of Japan Kingdom of Kent attacked and conquered by West Saxons under Caedwalla Births August 23 - Charles Martel, winner of the Battle of Tours Deaths Emperor Temmu of Japan Korean Buddhist monk Weonhyo See... Caedwalla (c. ... Mul (died 687) may have briefly ruled as King of Kent following its conquest by his brother, Caedwalla of Wessex, in 686. ... The Kingdom of Mercia at its greatest extent (7th to 9th centuries) is shown in green, with the original core area (6th century) given a darker tint. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Satellite state. ... Oswine, King of Kent, jointly with Swæfberht and Swæfheard. ... Wihtred (died April 23, 725) was a King of Kent (690 - 725). ... Events November 9 - Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. ... For the helicopter, see Westland Wessex. ...

The history of Kent following the death of Wihtred in 725 is one of fragmentation and increasing obscurity. For the 40 years that followed, two or even three kings typically ruled simultaneously. It may have been this sort of division that made Kent the first target of the rising power of Offa of Mercia: in 764, he gained supremacy over Kent and began to rule it through client kings. By the early 770s, it appears Offa was attempting to rule Kent directly, and a rebellion followed. A battle was fought at Otford in 776, and although the outcome was not recorded, the circumstances of the years that followed suggest that the rebels of Kent prevailed: Egbert II and later Ealhmund seem to have ruled independently of Offa for nearly a decade thereafter. This did not last, however, as Offa firmly re-established his authority over Kent in 785. Events Births Deaths Wihtred, king of Kent Categories: 725 ... Offa (died July 26/29, 796) was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death. ... Events Empress Shotoku succeeds Emperor Junnin on the throne of Japan. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Satellite state. ... Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century Decades: 720s - 730s - 740s - 750s - 760s - 770s - 780s - 790s - 800s - 810s - 820s Years: 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 Events: Categories: 770s ... Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. ... Events Byzantine Emperor Leo IV associates himself with his young son Constantine VI and suppresses an uprising led by his step-brothers. ... Egbert II (died 784) was King of Kent from about 765 to about 784. ... Ealhmund (d. ... Events Widukind and many other Saxons are baptized. ...

From 785 until 796, Kent was ruled directly by Mercia. In the latter year, however, Offa died, and in this moment of Mercian weakness a Kentish rebellion under Eadbert Praen temporarily succeeded. Offa's eventual successor, Coenwulf, reconquered Kent in 798, however, and installed his brother Cuthred as king. After Cuthred's death in 807, Coenwulf ruled Kent directly. Mercian authority was replaced by that of Wessex in 825, following the latter's victory at the Battle of Ellandun, and the Mercian client king Baldred was expelled. Events Widukind and many other Saxons are baptized. ... Events December - Coenwulf becomes king of Mercia. ... Eadbert II Praen was the King of Kent from 796 to 798. ... Coenwulf (or Cenwulf) (died 821) was King of Mercia from 796 to 821. ... Events Coenwulf of Mercia invades Kent, deposes and imprisons king Eadbert Praen and makes his own brother Cuthred king. ... Cuthred (d. ... Events After the death of Cuthred, king Coenwulf of Mercia takes control over Kent himself. ... For the helicopter, see Westland Wessex. ... Events Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. ... Ellandun was the site of the Battle of Ellandun between Egbert of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in 825. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Satellite state. ... Baldred was the king of the Kentishmen, until 825, when he was expelled by Æðelwulf, son of Ecgberht III, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, because formerly they had been wrongly forced away from their allegiance to his kinsmen. See also List of monarchs of Kent Chronology of Kentish Kings...

In 892, when all southern England was united under Alfred the Great, Kent was on the brink of disaster. A hundred years earlier pagan Vikings had begun their raids on these shores—they first attacked Lindisfarne on the coast of Northumbria killing the monks and devastating the Abbey. They then made successive raids further south until in the year 878 the formidable Alfred defeated them, later drawing up a treaty allowing them to settle in East Anglia and the North East. However, countrymen from their Danish homeland were still on the move and by the late 880s Haesten, a highly experienced warrior-leader, had mustered huge forces in northern France having besieged Paris and taken Brittany. Events Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia,is deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia invades Great Moravia Duke Guido of Spoleto crowned Roman Emperor in April The former Silla general Gyeonhwon attacks the city of Gwangju and declares himself king. ... Alfred (also Ælfred from the Old English: ÆlfrÄ“d //) (c. ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... Map of the UK showing the location of Lindisfarne at 55. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of a petty kingdom of Angles which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, from two smaller kingdoms of Bernicia and Diera, and... Events The Danes force king Alfred the Great of Wessex to retreat to a fort in Athelney, Somerset. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Historical province of Brittany, showing the main areas with their name in Breton language The traditional flag of Brittany (the Gwenn-ha-du), formerly a Breton nationalist symbol but today used as a general civic flag in the region. ...

Up to 350 Viking ships sailed from Boulogne to the south coast of Kent in 892. A massive army of between five and ten thousand men with their women, children and horses came up the now long-lost Limen estuary (the east-west route of the Royal Military Canal in reclaimed Romney Marsh) and attacked a Saxon fort near lonely St Rumwold's church, Bonnington, killing all inside. They then moved on and over the next year built their own giant fortress at Appledore. On hearing of this, resident Danes in East Anglia and elsewhere broke their promises to Alfred and rose up to join in. At first they made lightning raids out of Appledore (one razing a large settlement, Seleberhtes Cert, to the ground - now present day Great Chart near Ashford) later the whole army moved further inland and engaged in numerous battles with the English, but after four years they gave up. Some retreated to East Anglia and others went back to northern France. There they were the forebears of the Normans who returned in triumph less than two centuries later. Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city and commune in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Events Poppo of Thuringia, count of the march in Thuringia,is deposed by the German Carolingian king Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia invades Great Moravia Duke Guido of Spoleto crowned Roman Emperor in April The former Silla general Gyeonhwon attacks the city of Gwangju and declares himself king. ... In physiology, psychology, or psychophysics, a limen or a liminal point is a threshold of a physiological or psychological response. ... The first sod of the Royal Military Canal was dug at Seabrook, near Hythe in Kent on 30th October 1804. ... The Romney Marsh is a sparsely-populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. ... Bonnington is a small village on the edge of the Romney Marsh in England. ... Appledore is a village in Kent, England, about 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Ashford, Kent and on the northern edge of the Romney Marsh. ... Great Chart is a village in civil parish of Great Chart with Singleton in the Ashford District of Kent, England. ... , The town of Ashford lies on the River Great Stour, M20 motorway, South Eastern Main Line and Channel Tunnel Rail Link railways, in the borough of Ashford, located just south of the North Downs, in Kent, England. ... Norman conquests in red. ...

Most of lands of the kingdom are within the bounds of the traditional County of Kent. A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... The Kent coat of arms For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ...

References

• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Wade-Evans, A. W. 1938. Nennius’s History of the Britions. The initial page of the Peterborough Chronicle. ...

• K. P. Witney, The Kingdom of Kent (1982)
• D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings (London: Unwin Hyman, 1991), chap. 2

See also

Kings of Kent Kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent Most of the dates of reigns below have multiple alternate values, the sources being in disagreement. ...