Alric of Kent

Alric (Old English: Alrīc; 8th century) was a king of the Saxon kingdom of Kent, jointly with Æðelberht II and Eadberht I.

Alric acceded with his two brothers on the death of his father Wihtred, according to Bede,^[1] but is otherwise unknown. Kelly ^[2] observed that the reign of 762 to 796 attributed to him by William of Malmesbury “is evidently fantasy, inspired by a desire to account neatly for all the brothers mentioned by Bede”.

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↑ Bede, Historia Ecclesia, book V chap. xxiii
↑ Kelly, S. E. 1995. Charters of St. Augustine’s Abbey Canterbury and Minster-in-Thanet. Anglo-Saxon Charters 4.

External links

Alric 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

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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Alric of Kent

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