Aethelberht of Kent

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_Edwin
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Frankish_Kingdom
Marriage to Bertha of Kent
gptkbp:birth_date c. 560
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:St._Augustine's_Abbey
gptkbp:children gptkb:Aethelburh_of_Kent
gptkb:Aethelwynn_of_Kent
gptkb:Eadbald_of_Kent
gptkb:Eadberht_of_Kent
gptkb:Aethelred_of_Kent
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Pope_Gregory_I
gptkb:Raedwald_of_East_Anglia
gptkb:Penda_of_Mercia
gptkb:St._Augustine_of_Canterbury
gptkb:Aethelwulf_of_Wessex
gptkbp:cultural_contribution Support of the Church
gptkbp:cultural_impact Christianization of England
Support for missionaries
Influence on later kings
Establishment of monasteries
Promotion of literacy and learning
Integration of Christianity into Anglo-Saxon culture
gptkbp:death_date 616
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Ivar
gptkbp:father gptkb:Eormenric_of_Kent
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Council_of_Whitby
Battle of Wippedesfleot
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:Early_Medieval_England
gptkbp:historical_significance Unification of Kent under one rule
gptkbp:historical_source gptkb:Gildas'_De_Excidio_et_Conquestu_Britanniae
gptkb:The_Venerable_Bede
gptkb:The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aethelberht of Kent
gptkbp:known_for First English king to convert to Christianity
gptkbp:legacy Influence on English monarchy
gptkbp:mother gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:notable_event Conversion to Christianity
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Aethelwulf_of_Kent
gptkbp:reign_end 616
560
c. 590
gptkbp:religion gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bertha_of_Kent
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Eadbald_of_Kent
gptkbp:title King of Kent
Bretwalda