King Aethelberht of Kent
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Any list of the most consequential Anglo-Saxons would need to include King Æthelberht of Kent. As the king who welcomed the Augustinian Mission in 597 and gave them his protection Æthelberht was personally responsible foe the start of England’s official conversion to Christianity; an event which would have massive cultural and political implications for later generations. At least that’s the traditional narrative. To what extent is Æthelberht’s reputation deserved? As I will show in this episode, much of what he pioneered vanished soon after his death and consequently it seems that his actual importance to early Anglo-Saxon England is somewhat overstated by later hagiography.
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I'm doing my ancestry on my own and the names aethelberht of kent and eormenric of kent. Also the name king Edbald also the name Berthe of France. All the names and years match to what your saying. And I'm still going further back
Although Aethelberht’s son Eadbald was still a pagan when he succeeded his father he did convert to Christianity not long afterwards.
What happen to the Saxons as a people? When I listen to videos on this subject, they all treat the Anglo & Saxons as one people.