Hlothhere (Old English: Hloþhere; died 6 February 685) was a King of Kent who ruled from 673 to 685. Hlothhere succeeded his brother Ecgberht I in 673...

had a strong claim on the throne. Hlothhere succeeded his brother as ruler of Kent in 673. It was not unusual for Kent to be divided between rulers at that...

The Law of Hlothhere and Eadric is an Anglo-Saxon legal text. It is attributed to the Kentish kings Hloþhere (died 685) and Eadric (died 686), and thus...

records Ecgberht's patronage of the monastery at Chertsey Abbey in Surrey. Ecgberht was succeeded by his brother Hlothhere, who was in turn succeeded by...

of Ely, daughter of king Anna of East Anglia. They had two sons, Ecgberht and Hlothhere, who each consecutively became king of Kent, and two daughters...

ravage Kent, destroying Rochester. Three reasons have been suggested for this attack: to prevent King Hlothhere of Kent from regaining control of Surrey...

charter, now in Canterbury Cathedral archive, was issued in 679 by King Hlothhere of Kent granting land to the Reculver Abbey. Some surviving charters are later...

accession of Hlothhere and was the effective ruler of Kent during this year-long interregnum. Eadric raised an army against his uncle and Hlothhere died of wounds...

sons of Eormenred of Kent; the murders had been instigated by Ecgberht of Kent, Hlothhere's brother, and it is possible that Æthelred was the uncle of the...

Hillary Pugh Kent, American politician Hlothhere of Kent (died 685), King of Kent Homer Kent (born 1926), American theologian Honorius of Kent (died c. 1210)...

killed his uncle Mithridates of Armenia. In 685, Hlothhere of Kent succumbed to his wounds after his nephew Eadric of Kent led the South-Saxons to take...

Battle of Bulcamp in 653 or 654. Seaxburh married Eorcenberht of Kent, and was the mother of kings Ecgberht (d. 673), Hlothhere (d. 685), and of Saints...

Thames. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother Æthelred. April 1 – King Hlothhere of Kent re-establishes Kentish supremacy in London. 25-year-old poet Wang...

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...

among the Anglo-Saxons and from the reign of Hlothhere, in the late seventh century, there is evidence that Kent was usually ruled by two kings, though often...

Ecgfrith of Northumbria as his overlord. July 4 – King Ecgberht I of Kent dies after a reign of nearly 9 years. He is succeeded by his brother Hlothhere. March...

In Kent, Hlothhere had been ruler since 673/4. He must have come into conflict with Mercia, because in 676 the Mercian king Æthelred invaded Kent and...

afterwards. Died 1127. Hlothhere of Kent, exiled in 685. Eadberht III Præn, 796–798. Deposed and captured by Cœnwulf of Mercia. Ceolwulf I of Mercia, 821 to 823...

and Hlothhere, and two daughters, Eormenhild and Eorcongota. On Eorconberht's death of the plague in 664, Ecgberht succeeded him as King of Kent. According...

took control of what is now east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. In about 685 Eadric of Kent revolted against his uncle (Hlothhere of Kent) and with help...

various ways. This particularly affects the Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric. However, some indications of the differences between late-seventh-century Kentish...

and Eorcenberht of Kent, cementing an alliance between the two kingdoms. It was by means of marriages such as this that the kings of Kent became well-connected...

in the Kingdom of Essex and enshrined there as saints. Ecgberht's brother and successor, King Hlothhere of Kent, is said by William of Malmesbury to have...

King Hlothhere of Kent granted lands at Sturry, about 6.2 miles (10 km) south-west of Reculver, and at Sarre, in the western part of the Isle of Thanet...

or "the western part of the island", was given to the monastery at Reculver by King Hlothhere of Kent in 679. This division of the island is apparent...

subject to the bishops of Winchester. In Kent, Hlothhere had been ruler since 673/4. This was until his nephew Eadric of Kent revolted against him and...

interregnum between Egbert's death and Hlothhere's accession. Another Mercian connection to Kent was through Merewalh, the king of the Magonsæte, and hence a subking...

Caedwalla from the Kingdom. In 686, the South Saxons attacked Hlothhere, King of Kent, in support of his nephew Eadric, but soon after Berhthun was killed and...

6 – Hlothhere, king of Kent May 8 – Benedict II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 635) May 20 – Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria Æthelwealh, king of Sussex...

was issued in the names of Hlothhere and Eadric of Kent. The next kings to issue laws were Wihtred of Kent and Ine. The dates of Wihtred's and Ine's laws...