Swæfheard was a king of
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, reigning jointly with
Oswine,
Wihtred
Wihtred () ( – 23 April 725) was king of Kingdom of Kent, Kent from about 690 or 691 until his death. He was a son of Ecgberht of Kent, Ecgberht I and a brother of Eadric of Kent, Eadric. Wihtred ascended to the throne after a confused ...
, and possibly
Swæfberht.
Swæfheard's charter dated 1 March 689, in the second year of his reign, identifies his father as
Sæbbi, King of Essex (''ac consensu patris mei Sebbe regis''). He witnessed two charters of
Oswine, one of which is dated 27 January 690.
Swæfheard apparently ruled West Kent as a sub king under his father,
Yorke, Barbara, ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', 2002, Routledge
while Oswine ruled the eastern half. According to Bede, Swæfheard was still reigning jointly with Withred in July 692.
See also
*List of monarchs of Kent
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 mainly from charters, of which several are forgeries, while others have been subjected to tampe ...
* Chronology of Kentish Kings
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Kentish monarchs
7th-century English monarchs