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.

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Alric 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

[1] Bede, Historia Ecclesia, book V chap. xxiii

[2] Kelly, S. E. 1995. Charters of St. Augustine’s Abbey Canterbury and Minster-in-Thanet. Anglo-Saxon Charters 4.

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v t e Monarchs of Kent
Hengest Horsa Oisc Octa Eormenric Æthelberht I Eadbald Æðelwald ¹ Eorcenberht Eormenred Ecgberht I Hlothhere Eadric Mul Swæfheard Swæfberht Oswine Wihtred Alric Eadbert I Æthelbert II Eardwulf Eadberht II Sigered Eanmund Heaberht Ecgberht II Ealhmund Eadberht III Præn Cuthred Coenwulf ² Ceolwulf I ³ Baldred Æthelwulf ⁵ Æthelstan Æthelberht ⁵
¹ Existence uncertain (See Eadbald) ² Also monarch of Mercia ³ Also monarch of East Anglia and Mercia ⁴ Also monarch of Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Mercia ⁵ Also monarch of Wessex

Alric of Kent

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