Ealhmund of Kent
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Ealhmund was born in 745 and died in 827. Ealhmund, was King of Kent in 784. His father was Eafa of Wessex.
There is little historical evidence for his reign. An abstract of a charter dated 784 survives [1], in which Ealhmund granted land to the Abbot of Reculver. But by the following year Offa of Mercia seems to have been ruling directly, as he issued a charter [2] without any mention of a local king.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ealhmund was the father of Ecgberht III, later King of Wessex and Kent and son of Eafa the West Saxon, and therefore a member of the House of Wessex (see House of Wessex family tree). He inherited the Kentish throne because his mother's father was Æthelbert II of Kent.
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Year 784 Mention of his reign.
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| Preceded by Ecgberht II |
King of Kent | Succeeded by Eadberht III Præn |
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