Alric of Kent

Son of Wihtred, king 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”.

## See also

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* List of monarchs of Kent

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Alric 2 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

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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

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