Erconbert

Although Erconbert was the youngest son of Edbald and ^1] , he took the throne bypassing his elder brother Ermenred. He was the first king of the Anglo-Saxons to order to abandon idols and destroy them throughout the kingdom; he also commanded by his authority to observe a forty-day fast. So that his orders were not violated, he introduced severe punishments for the disobedient.

His brother died after a serious illness and before his death, Erconbert promised to leave the crown to his children, but he did not keep his promise, possibly due to premature death.

From his wife, Sexburgi , the eldest daughter of the King of the East Angles, Anna , Erconbert had two sons, Egbert I and Hlother , and two daughters. The eldest was married to Wulfher , king of Mercia , and the other, Erkongot (Erkengot), was tonsured in the nuns of the monastery of Briget (Brie), near Paris. At that time, there were still few monasteries in the lands of the Angles and many went to the cloisters of the Franks to gain the grace of monastic life, or sent their daughters to study there and prepare for tonsure .

Erconbert ruled for twenty-four years and several months and died on July 14, 664, leaving the throne to his son Egbert I.

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