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Kent: Quick Facts

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Date 426 - 775

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Historical map of the British Isles showing the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in light green, including Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex, and areas inhabited by Celts, such as Wales and parts of Scotland and Cornwall, in dark green. Major cities like London, Winchester, and Edinburgh are marked, with surrounding seas labeled.
Heptarchy

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England
constituent unit, United Kingdom

Key People

Aethelred I
Aethelred I
king of Wessex and Kent
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Hlothere
king of Kent
Aethelberht I
Aethelberht I
king of Kent
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Wihtred
king of Kent
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Eadbald
king of Kent
Aethelberht (Ethelbert)
Aethelberht
king of Wessex