Swæfheard was a
king
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contempora ...
of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, reigning jointly with
Oswine,
Wihtred
Wihtred ( la, Wihtredus) ( – 23 April 725) was king of Kent from about 690 or 691 until his death. He was a son of Ecgberht I and a brother of Eadric. Wihtred ascended to the throne after a confused period in the 680s, which included a ...
, and possibly
Swæfberht
Swæfberht was a King of Kent, reigning jointly with Oswine, and possibly also Swæfheard. Swæfberht issued an undated charter that was witnessed by Oswin and is probably the ''Gabertus'' who witnessed a charter issued by Oswine in July 68 He is ...
.
Swæfheard's charte
dated 1 March 689, in the second year of his reign, identifies his father as
Sæbbi of Essex, Sæbbi, King of Essex (''ac consensu patris mei Sebbe regis''). He witnessed two charters of
Oswinebr>
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+14], one of which is dated 27 January 690.
Swæfheard apparently ruled West Kent as a sub king under his father,
Yorke, Barbara, ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', 2002, Routledge
while Oswine ruled the eastern half. According to Bede, Swæfheard was still reigning jointly with Withred in July 692.
See also
*List of monarchs of Kent
This is a list of the kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent.
The regnal dates for the earlier kings are known only from Bede. Some kings are known mainly from charters, of which several are forgeries, while others have been subjected to tampe ...
* Chronology of Kentish Kings
References
External links
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Kentish monarchs
7th-century English monarchs