Aethelbert

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Historical Figure
gptkbp:alliance Marriage_to_Bertha_of_Kent
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Augustine_of_Canterbury
gptkbp:birthYear c. 560
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Augustine's_Abbey
gptkbp:children gptkb:Eadbald
gptkbp:committee Held_a_council_at_Canterbury
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Penda_of_Mercia
gptkbp:culturalContribution Promoted literacy and education
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Symbol_of_early_Christian_kingship_in_England
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influenced_the_development_of_English_law
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Patron_of_the_Church_in_England
Promoted_the_spread_of_Christianity_in_England
gptkbp:deathYear c. 616
gptkbp:descendant Eadbald of Kent
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Established relations with the Pope
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Ivar
gptkbp:era Early Medieval England
gptkbp:famousFor Establishing the first written laws in England
gptkbp:historicalContext Referenced in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Part_of_the_early_medieval_power_struggles_in_Britain
gptkbp:historicalFigures One of the first kings to adopt Christianity in England
gptkbp:historicalImpact Significant_in_the_transition_to_Christianity_in_England
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Remembered as a saint and king
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Anglo-Saxon_period
gptkbp:historicalRecords Mentioned_in_Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Documented in various historical texts and records.
Influenced_future_English_monarchs
Key_figure_in_the_unification_of_England_under_Christianity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aethelbert
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Spread_of_Christianity_in_Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:knownFor First English king to convert to Christianity
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:legacy Considered_a_saint_in_the_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:militaryRank Defended_Kent_against_invasions
gptkbp:notableFor Christianization of Kent
gptkbp:politicalPosition Allied_with_the_Frankish_Kingdom
gptkbp:politicalRole Leader_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_kingdoms
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Eormenric
gptkbp:region Kent
gptkbp:reign 616
560
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bertha_of_Kent
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Eadbald
gptkbp:title King of Kent
gptkbp:titleHeld Bretwalda