Heaberht of Kent
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Heaberht was a King of Kent
in the 8th century, ruling jointly with Ecgberht II
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Heaberht is known from his coins and from charters of other kings. He witnessed or confirmed two charters of Ecgberht II http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+34http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+37, one dated 765, as is mentioned in a charter of Offa
, King of Mercia
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+105, dated 764 (atque Heaberhti regis Cantiae).
Kingdom of Kent
The Kingdom of Kent was a Jutish colony and later independent kingdom in what is now south east England. It was founded at an unknown date in the 5th century by Jutes, members of a Germanic people from continental Europe, some of whom settled in Britain after the withdrawal of the Romans...
in the 8th century, ruling jointly with Ecgberht II
Egbert II of Kent
Ecgberht II was King of Kent jointly with Heaberht.Ecgberht II is known from his coins and charters, ranging from 765 to 779 , two of which were witnessed or confirmed by Heaberht.Ecgberht II acceded by 765, when he issued his earliest surviving charter...
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Heaberht is known from his coins and from charters of other kings. He witnessed or confirmed two charters of Ecgberht II http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+34http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+37, one dated 765, as is mentioned in a charter of Offa
Offa of Mercia
Offa was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death in July 796. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æthelbald after defeating the other claimant Beornred. In the early years of Offa's reign it is likely...
, King of Mercia
Mercia
Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands...
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+105, dated 764 (atque Heaberhti regis Cantiae).