The Kingdom of the Kentish, today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval English kingdom in present-day South East England. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century AD
Roman fort wall at Regulbium
Hengest and Horsa, from A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence by Richard Verstegan (1605)
A putative early illustration of Augustine
Æthelred I was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelb
Kingdom of Kent
…Anglo-Saxon paganism (before 7th century) Chalcedonian Christianity (after 7th century) Government Monarchy King • ?–488 Hengist (first) • 866–871 Æthelred (last) Legislature Witenagemot Historical era Heptarchy • Established c. 455 • Full integration into crown of Wessex 825 Currency sceat, thrymsa Preceded…
Æthelred as depicted in the early fourteenth-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England
Charter S 332 dated 863 of King Æthelberht. Æthelred attests second from bottom on the left as "Æthelred fil[ius] reg[is]".
Charter S 338 dated 867. Æthelred, King of the West Saxons and the Men of Kent, grants Wighelm, priest, a seat in St Martin's Church, Canterbury, together with land. Most charters only survive as copies, and this is the only original of Æthelred to survive.
Silver penny of King Æthelberht of Wessex (Æthelred's predecessor)