Eadbald
'''Eadbald''', sunu [[Æðelbryht]]es, cyninges [[Cent|Centrices]], wæs an þara cyninga [[Cent|Centrices]]. He feng to rice æfter his fæderes deaðe in [[616]] AD. He ricsode fram [[616]] to [[640]], 34 geara, ǣr þǣm þe he forþferde in [[640]] AD.

<!-- At first, Eadbald renounced his [[baptism]], rejected [[Christianity]], and married his father's widow.  He was later [[religious conversion|converted]] by [[Laurence of Canterbury]], recalled [[Mellitus]] and [[Justus]], and built a church at [[Canterbury, Kent|Canterbury]]. (However, the historian [[D. P. Kirby]] argued that Bede's account is confused, and that Eadbald was more likely to have been converted by Justus.)

He also arranged a marriage between his sister Æthelberg and [[Edwin of Northumbria]], later taking her and [[Paulinus of York|Paulinus]] back when Edwin died in [[633]].

Eadbald wífode þá [[Franks|Franciscan]] princess Emma, dohtor of [[Theudebert II of Austrasia]], possibly in [[624]], and híe hæfdon sunu called [[Eorcenberht of Kent|Eorcenberht]], who succeeded Eadbald as king.

Gold [[coin]]s are known from Eadbald's reign, minted at [[London]] and inscribed "AVDVARLD".

== Reference ==

* D. P. Kirby, ''The Earliest English Kings'' (London: [[Unwin Hyman]], [[1991]]), pp. 37-42
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Eadbald, sunu Æðelbryhtes, cyninges Centrices, wæs an þara cyninga Centrices. He feng to rice æfter his fæderes deaðe in 616 AD. He ricsode fram 616 to 640, 34 geara, ǣr þǣm þe he forþferde in 640 AD.

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