Kingdom of Kent
This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Kent and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England, one of the polities founded by the Saxons in Post-Roman Britain. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century CE. After intermittent periods of domains by Mercia and Wessex, it was finally absorbed by the latter.
Establishment
- January 456: The Kingdom of Kent was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century AD.
Chronology
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1. End of Roman rule in Britannia and Armorica
The inhabitants of Britannia and Armorica expelled the Romans.
- January 456: The Kingdom of Kent was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century AD.
2. Mercian Supremacy
Was a period in the history of England when the kingdom of Mercia dominated the Anglo-Saxon petty kingdoms.
- January 765: The Kingdom of Kent becomes a vassal of Mercia.
- January 770: The Kingdom of Kent ceases to be a vassal of Mercia.
- January 786: The Kingdom of Kent becomes a vassal of Mercia.
- January 797: The Kingdom of Kent ceases to be a vassal of Mercia.
- January 799: The Kingdom of Kent becomes a vassal of Mercia.
Disestablishment
- January 799: The Kingdom of Kent becomes a vassal of Mercia.