Eardwulf of Kent
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Eardwulf was King of Kent, jointly with Æðelberht II
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Eardwulf is known from two charters, one is undated http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+31, but identifies Eardwulf’s father as Eadberht I
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 (a patre meo Eadberhtuo); the other has a date that that is incompatible with its witness list http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+30), as it is dated 762, but witnessed by Archbishop Cuðbert, who died in 760; it was also witnessed by King Æðelberht II (Aethilberchtus rex Cantie).

Eardwulf is known from two charters, but one is undated (S31http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+31), and the other has a date that that is incompatible with its witness list (S30http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+30), as it is dated 762, but witnessed by Archbishop Cuðbert, who died in 760. S30 was also witnessed by King Æðelberht II (Aethilberchtus rex Cantie). S31 identifies Eardwulf’s father as King Eadberht I (a patre meo Eadberhtuo).
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