Eadric of Kent

Eadric (died August 686?) was a King of Kent (685–686). He was the son of Ecgberht I.

Eadric was for a time co-ruler alongside his uncle Hlothhere, and a code of laws issued in both their names has survived. However, Eadric eventually revolted and defeated Hlothhere with the aid of the South Saxons. Hlothhere died of wounds received in battle on 6 February 685 and Eadric became sole ruler. It was not long, however, before Kent faced the overwhelming invasion of the West Saxons under Caedwalla. Eadric was still reigning in June 686 . A Frankish annal records his death on 31 August 687. A law code, the Law of Hlothhere and Eadric, is jointly attributed to him and his predecessor Hlothhere.

External links

Eadric 5 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Regnal titles
Preceded by Hlothhere	King of Kent ?–686 with Hlothhere (?–685)	Succeeded by Mul

Monarchs of Kent

Hengest Horsa Oisc Octa Eormenric Æthelberht I Eadbald Æðelwald Eorcenberht Eormenred Ecgberht I Hlothhere Eadric Mul Swæfheard Swæfberht Oswine Wihtred Alric Eadbert I Æthelbert II Eardwulf Eadberht II Sigered Eanmund Heaberht Egbert II Ealhmund Eadberht III Præn Cuthred Coenwulf ¹ Ceolwulf I ² Baldred Egbert ³ Æthelwulf ⁴ Æthelstan Æthelberht ⁴ Æthelred ⁴

¹ Also monarch of Mercia ² Also monarch of East Anglia and Mercia ³ Also monarch of Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Mercia ⁴ Also monarch of Wessex

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Eadric of Kent

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