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Æthelberht of Kent

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Æthelberht (; also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; Old English: Æðelberht [ˈæðelberˠxt]; c. 550 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. In the late ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he is referred to as a bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Æthelberht of Kent is the 6,194th most popular politician (down from 5,853rd in 2019). (down from 880th in 2019)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelberht of Kent ranks 6,194 out of 19,576. Before him are Amenemhet VI, Toqta, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Muhammad II of Granada, Philibert Tsiranana, and Athanagild. After him are Rahmon Nabiyev, Zénaïde Bonaparte, Petro Doroshenko, Psammuthes, Artabanus I of Parthia, and Mōri Terumoto.

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Among people born in 552, Æthelberht of Kent ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 612, Æthelberht of Kent ranks 3. Before him are Theudebert II, and Fabia Eudokia. After him is Gundemar.

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