Æthelberht 3 (Male) First Christian king of Kent, 560 or c.585-616
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Notes: BDDAB, p. 19; BEASE, p. 13; CDNB 1:944; DNB 18:16-17 = 6:880-1; Fletcher, pp. 27-9; Harmer, Writs, p. 552; MEE, pp. 7-8; S. E. Kelly, ?Æthelberht I (d. 616?)?, ODNB.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (56)
... Aedilbercti (1)
 Bede.HE  ii.9
... Aedilbercto (2)
 Bede.HE  i.32
 Bede.HE  ii.4
ATHELBERTUS (1)
 BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
Adilbertus (1)
 Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (p. 929 line 1)
Aedilberct (5)
 Bede.HE  i.25
 Bede.HE  ii.3
 Bede.HE  ii.5
 Bede.HE  iii.14
 Bede.HE  v.24
Aedilberctus (1)
 Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (p. 929 line 2)
Aedilberectus (1)
 Bede.ChronMaior  523.531
Athelbert (1)
 S3   
Athelbertus (4)
 S4   
 John XII.Ep.Z142   
 John XII.Ep.Z143   
 Agatho.Ep.B38   
Aðelbert (1)
 S1244   
ETHELBERTUS (1)
 BonifaceIV.Ep.B10   
Edilbertus (2)
 Anon.VitGregorii  12
 AnnalsCamb  594
Eðelbyrht (1)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.2 (p. 39)
Eðilberht (1)
 Anon.GenRegList1   
Eþelbrihting (1)
 ASC  694 C
Ædelbyrht (1)
 ASC  826 F(Lat.)
Æthelberhtus (2)
 S1   
 Alfred.Laws   
Æthelbert (3)
 S3   
 S28   
 S1786   
Æthelbertus (1)
 S4   
Æthelbyrht (2)
 Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
 Æthelweard.Chron  iii.3 (p. 29)
Æthelbyrhtus (1)
 Æthelweard.Chron  ii.Cap.
Æthilberht (1)
 S2   
Æðelberht (4)
 S90   
 ASC  604 AE
 ASC  826 F(OE)
 Anon.GenRegList2   
Æðelbert (1)
 ASC  604 F(OE)
Æðelbertus (3)
 S5   
 S6   
 ASC  604 F(Lat.)
Æðelbirht (1)
 Æthelberht.Laws   
Æðelbyrht (2)
 ASC  604 AF(OE)
 ASC  604 F(OE)
Æþelberht (1)
 ASC  616 E
Æþelbriht (3)
 ASC  616 BC
 ASC  827 CE
 RestingPlaces  3
Æþelbrihting (1)
 ASC  <694> B
Æþelbryht (2)
 ASC  616 A
 ASC  827 ADEG, <827> B, 826 F(OE and Lat.)
Æþelbryhting (1)
 ASC  694 AD
Æþelbyrht (1)
 ASC  616 G
Æþelbyrhting (1)
 ASC  694 G
Personal Information (13)
other (2)
 S6    (glorious)
 BonifaceIV.Ep.B10    (most noble lord)
piety (2)
 John XII.Ep.Z143    (Deo amabilis)
 Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (p. 930 lines 11-12) (zeal for their [sc. the English people's] conversion)
religion (9)
 Anon.VitGregorii  12 (the first of all the kings of the English converted to the faith of Christ, he [sc. Æthelberht 3] shone forth with his nation when he had been purified by his baptism)
 Bede.HE  i.25 (He had some knowledge of the Christian religion because he had a Christian wife)
 Bede.HE  i.26 (He believed and was baptized)
 Bede.HE  i.32 (He attained to the knowledge of heavenly glory)
 ASC  616 F(OE) (He was first of the English kings to receive baptism.)
 John XII.Ep.Z142    (most Christian)
 John XII.Ep.Z143    (first Christian king of the English)
 Agatho.Ep.B38    (first Christian king of the English)
 Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2 (He was the first king among the people of the English who received the Word of Christ.)
Education (2)
 he had learned from his teachers and guides in the way of salvation that the service of Christ was voluntary and ought not to be compulsory.: Bede.HE  i.26
 he had learned from his teachers and guides in the way of salvation that the service of Christ was voluntary and ought not to be compulsory.: Bede.HE  i.26
Office (45)
King (42)
 Bede.ChronMaior  523.531
 Anon.VitGregorii  12 (King of the dwellers in Kent)
 Æthelberht.Laws  Preface
 Bede.HE  i.25
 Bede.HE  i.32
 Bede.HE  i.32 (glorious lord and King of the English)
 Bede.HE  ii.3
 Bede.HE  ii.4
 Bede.HE  ii.5 (King of the Kentish people)
 Bede.HE  ii.9
 Bede.HE  iii.14
 Bede.HE  v.24 (King of the Kentish people)
 S1   
 S2    (king of Kent)
 S3    (king of the English)
 S4    (king of the English)
 S5   
 S6   
 S1244   
 S90    (king of Kent)
 S28   
 ASC  616 ABCEF(OE)G (King of the dwellers in Kent)
 ASC  827 ACDEG, <827> B, 826 F(OE and Lat.) (King of the dwellers in Kent)
 ASC  616 F(Lat.) (King of Kent)
 ASC  604 F(Lat.)
 John XII.Ep.Z142   
 John XII.Ep.Z143   
 BonifaceIV.Ep.B10    (King of the English)
 BonifaceIV.Ep.B11    (King of the English)
 Agatho.Ep.B38   
 Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (p. 929 line 1) (King of the Angli)
 Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (p. 930 lines 6-7)
 Æthelweard.Chron  ii.Cap.
 Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
 Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
 Æthelweard.Chron  iii.3 (p. 29) (King of the dwellers in Kent)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.2 (p. 39) (King of the Dwellers in Kent)
 AnnalsCamb  594
 S914   
 S1786   
 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.2
 RestingPlaces  2
Overlord (3)
 Bede.HE  i.32
 Bede.HE  ii.3
 Bede.HE  ii.5
Status (2)
Bretwalda (1)
 ASC  827 ACDEG, <827> B, 826 F(OE and Lat.)
King pollens potestate (1)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iii.3 (p. 29)
Personal Relationship (41)
~ Daughter (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (2)
 Æthelburg 1: of Æthelberht 3: Bede.HE  ii.9
 Æthelburg 1: of Æthelberht 3: RestingPlaces  4
Æthelberht 3 Father (Honorific kinship) of ~ (1)
 of Augustine 1: S4   
~ Father (Honorific kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (2)
 Gregory 1: of Æthelberht 3: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
 Augustine 1: of Æthelberht 3: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
~ Grandfather (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Ochta 1: of Æthelberht 3: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
~ Household member (General relationship) of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Anonymi 2418: of Æthelberht 3: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
Æthelberht 3 Husband (Affinal kinship) of ~ (1)
 of Bertha 1: Gregory I.Ep  xi.35
~ Nephew, sister’s son (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (2)
 Sæberht 1: of Æthelberht 3: Bede.HE  ii.3
 Sæberht 1: of Æthelberht 3: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.2
~ Sister (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (3)
 Ricola 1: of Æthelberht 3: Bede.HE  ii.3
 Ricola 1: of Æthelberht 3: ASC  604 AEF(OE)
 Ricola 1: of Æthelberht 3: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.2
Æthelberht 3 Son (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (5)
 of Eormenric 1: Bede.HE  ii.5
 of Eormenric 1: ASC  616 F(OE)
 of Eormenric 1: Anon.GenRegList1   
 of Eormenric 1: Anon.GenRegList2   
 of Eormenric 1: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
~ Son (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (11)
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: Bede.HE  ii.5
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: S4   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: S1   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: S3   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: S6   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: S1244   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: ASC  616 ABCF(OE and Lat.)G
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: ASC  694 ACDG, <694> B
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: Anon.GenRegList1   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: Anon.GenRegList2   
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: RestingPlaces  3
Æthelberht 3 Son (Honorific kinship) of ~ (4)
 of Gregory 1: Bede.HE  i.32
 of Boniface 1: BonifaceIV.Ep.B10   
 of Boniface 1: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
 of Gregory 1: Gregory I.Ep  xi.35
~ Son-in-law (Affinal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Edwin 2: of Æthelberht 3: RestingPlaces  4
Æthelberht 3 Successor (General relationship) of ~ (1)
 of Ceawlin 2: ASC  827 ACDEG, <827> B, 826 F(OE and Lat.)
~ Successor (General relationship) of Æthelberht 3 (2)
 Eadbald 2: of Æthelberht 3: ASC  616 ABCDEF(OE and Lat.)G
 Rædwald 1: of Æthelberht 3: ASC  827 ACDEG, <827> B, 826 F(OE and Lat.)
~ Widow (Affinal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Anonymous 298: of Æthelberht 3: ASC  616 AEF(OE and Lat.)
~ Wife (Affinal kinship) of Æthelberht 3 (3)
 Bertha 1: of Æthelberht 3: Bede.HE  i.25
 Bertha 1: of Æthelberht 3: Bede.HE  ii.5
 Bertha 1: of Æthelberht 3: RestingPlaces  3
Event (72)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot (1)
 Æthelberht 3.appointing Peter 4 as abbot of SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 appointed Peter 4 as abbot of the monastery of SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: S4   
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of bishop (2)
 Æthelberht 3.granting of episcopal see at London to Mellitus 1: Æthelberht 3 granted an episcopal see in London to Mellitus 1.: ASC  604 AEF(OE and Lat.) (604)
 Æthelberht 3.granting of episcopal see at Rochester to Justus 1: Æthelberht 3 granted the episcopal see of Rochester to Justus 1.: ASC  604 AEF(OE and Lat.) (604)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of king (1)
 Æthelberht 3.establishment of Sæberht 1 as king of East Saxons: Æthelberht 3 established Sæberht 1 as king of the East Saxons.: ASC  604 AE
Baptism (3)
 Augustine 1.conversion of Æthelberht 3: Saint Augustine 1 converted and baptised Æthelberht 3 king of Kent and all his people [Anonymi 2417].: RestingPlaces  2
 Æthelberht 3.baptism: Æthelberht 3 was baptized.: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
 Æthelberht 3.receiving baptism: Æthelberht 3 was the first amongst the English to receive baptism.: Alfred.Laws   
Bequeathing/will-making (1)
 Æthelberht 3.ordering that he and his successors be buried in SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 ordered that he and his successors should be buried in SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: S4   
Building construction/restoration (2)
 Augustine 1-Æthelberht 3.founding church at/near Ely: A monastery had been built there [i.e. at Cratendune OR Ely] in honour of the ever-virgin Mary, by the blessed Augustine 1. King Æthelberht 3 was the first founder of this institution: he established in it clergy performing the service of God.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I preface; I.15
 Augustine 1.restoration of ancient church in Canterbury: Augustine 1, with the help of Æthelberht 3, restored a church, which had been built in ancient times by Roman believers.: Bede.HE  i.33
Burial (5)
 Augustine 1.choosing of burial site: Following Gregory 1's command, Augustine 1 chose the monastery of St Peter and St Paul as a burial site for himself, Æthelberht 3 and their successors.: John XII.Ep.Z142   
 Paulinus 1.burial: [Paulinus 1] was buried in the church which King Æthelberht 3 had raised in Rochester to the apostle St Andrew, patron saint of the see. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.72.5
 Æthelberht 3.burial: Æthelberht 3 was buried in the chapel of St Martin, within the church of the Apostles St Peter and St Paul.: Bede.HE  ii.5
 Æthelberht 3.church construction: Æthelberht 3 built the church in Canterbury where Augustine 1 was buried. He also endowed it with several grants.: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
 Æthelberht 3.ordering that he and his successors be buried in SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 ordered that he and his successors should be buried in SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: S4   
Charter-witnessing (4)
 S2 - Æthelberht 3 granting land for foundation of Canterbury, St Peter's 1: Æthelberht 3 gave land to St Peter for the foundation of a monastery [Canterbury, St Peter's 1]: S2    (605)
 S3 - Æthelberht 3 granting land for foundation of St Peter’s Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 a plot of his own land to the east of Canterbury on which he had founded a monastery of SS Peter & Paul: S3    (604)
 S4 - Æthelberht 3 granting land to Canterbury, SS Peter and Paul 1: Æthelberht 3 granted land in Kent to the church of Canterbury, SS Peter and Paul 1: S4    (605)
 S5 - Æthelberht 3 granting land to Mellitus 1 and London, St Paul's 1: Æthelberht 3 granted land to Mellitus 1 and London, St Paul's 1 minster: S5    (604 x 616)
Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (17)
 Augustine 1-Æthelberht 3.founding church at/near Ely: A monastery had been built there [i.e. at Cratendune OR Ely] in honour of the ever-virgin Mary, by the blessed Augustine 1. King Æthelberht 3 was the first founder of this institution: he established in it clergy performing the service of God.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I preface; I.15
 Augustine 1.restoration of ancient church in Canterbury: Augustine 1, with the help of Æthelberht 3, restored a church, which had been built in ancient times by Roman believers.: Bede.HE  i.33
 Boniface 1.letter to Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 through Mellitus 1 grants permission to Æthelberht 3 to found a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury under Laurence 2.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.30 (615)
 Paulinus 1.burial: [Paulinus 1] was buried in the church which King Æthelberht 3 had raised in Rochester to the apostle St Andrew, patron saint of the see. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.72.5
 S3 - Æthelberht 3 granting land for foundation of St Peter’s Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 a plot of his own land to the east of Canterbury on which he had founded a monastery of SS Peter & Paul: S3    (604)
 Æthelberht 3.St Peter and St Paul’s foundation: Augustine 1 founded a monastery to the east of the city of Canterbury, in which Æthelberht 3 built the church of the Apostles St Peter and St Paul.: Bede.HE  i.33
 Æthelberht 3.building SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 had SS Peter & Paul, Canterbury built: S4   
 Æthelberht 3.church building: The church of the apostle Paul was built in London by Æthelberht 3 king of Kent.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.2
 Æthelberht 3.church construction: Æthelberht 3 built the church in Canterbury where Augustine 1 was buried. He also endowed it with several grants.: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
 Æthelberht 3.construction of St Andrew’s (Rochester): Æthelberht 3 built the church of St Andrew in Rochester.: Bede.HE  ii.3, iii.14
 Æthelberht 3.construction of St. Paul’s: Æthelberht 3 built the church of St Paul in the city of London: Bede.HE  ii.3
 Æthelberht 3.foundation of St Peter and St Paul’s: Æthelberht 3 founded the monastery which was consecrated by Augustine 1: John XII.Ep.Z143   
 Æthelberht 3.founding SS Peter & Paul’s, Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 founded a monastery dedicated to SS Peter and Paul on his own land to the east of Canterbury [SS Peter and Paul, Canterbury 1]: S3   
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 S2: Æthelberht 3, king of Kent, to St Peter [Canterbury, St Peter's 1]; grant of land to the east of Canterbury for the foundation of a minster: S2    (605)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to St Augustine 6 S3: Æthelberht 3, king of the English, to St Augustine for the minster of Canterbury, SS Peter and Paul 1 [St Augustine's, Canterbury]; grant of land to the east of Canterbury: S3    (605)
 Æthelberht 3.religious-house-foundation: Æthelberht 3 founded the monastery of St Peter and St Paul just outside Canterbury and placed there a monastic community.: Agatho.Ep.B38   
 Æthelred 32.S914 confirming lands of Canterbury, Christ Church 1: King Æthelred 32 to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; refoundation of the monastic community and confirmation of grants by previous kings: land at Eastry, Ickham, Bossington, Adisham, Appledore, Swarling, Preston, Graveney, Westwell, Chart and Farleigh, Kent; at Patching, Sussex; at Meopham and Cooling in West Kent; at Walworth, Surrey; at Risborough, Bucks.; at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; and in Thanet.: S914    (1002)
Confirmation of land/privileges (1)
 Æthelred 32.S914 confirming lands of Canterbury, Christ Church 1: King Æthelred 32 to Canterbury, Christ Church 1; refoundation of the monastic community and confirmation of grants by previous kings: land at Eastry, Ickham, Bossington, Adisham, Appledore, Swarling, Preston, Graveney, Westwell, Chart and Farleigh, Kent; at Patching, Sussex; at Meopham and Cooling in West Kent; at Walworth, Surrey; at Risborough, Bucks.; at Lawling in Latchingdon, Essex; at Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh, Suffolk; and in Thanet.: S914    (1002)
Conversation (1)
 Bertha 1.obligation to convert her husband (Æthelberht 3): Gregory 1 stated that Bertha 1 ought to have converted her husband [sc. Æthelberht 3] long ago.: Gregory I.Ep  xi.35
Conversion (5)
 Augustine 1.conversion of Æthelberht 3: Augustine 1 converted Æthelberht 3 and his kingdom: S6   
 Augustine 1.conversion of Æthelberht 3: Saint Augustine 1 converted and baptised Æthelberht 3 king of Kent and all his people [Anonymi 2417].: RestingPlaces  2
 Bertha 1.obligation to convert her husband (Æthelberht 3): Gregory 1 stated that Bertha 1 ought to have converted her husband [sc. Æthelberht 3] long ago.: Gregory I.Ep  xi.35
 Æthelberht 3.baptism: At last Æthelberht 3 believed and was baptized, being attracted by the pure life of the saints and by their most precious promises.: Bede.HE  i.26
 Æthelberht 3.conversion: Æthelberht 3 yielded to Augustine 1 with all his household (Anonymi 2418) and accepted the faith.: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
Correspondence (4)
 Boniface 1.letter to Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 through Mellitus 1 grants permission to Æthelberht 3 to found a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury under Laurence 2.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.30 (615)
 Boniface 1.letters to Laurence 2 and Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 sent letters to Laurence 2 and all the clergy, as well as a letter to Æthelberht 3.: Bede.HE  ii.4
 Gregory 1.letter and gifts to Æthelberht 3: Gregory 1 sent Æthelberht 3 a letter and numerous gifts of every kind.: Bede.HE  i.32 (601)
 Gregory 1.letter to Æthelberht urging him to spread the Christian faith: Gregory 1 urged Æthelberht 3 to hasten in spreading the Christian faith among the peoples subject to him.: Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (601)
Council-meeting, ecclesiastical (1)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 607.meeting at Augustine 1’s oak: Augustine 1 summoned the bishops and teachers of the neighbouring British kingdom (Anonymi 607) to a conference at a place which was subsequently called 'Augustine's oak'. After a long dispute they were unwilling to give their assent, preferring their own traditions.: Bede.HE  ii.2
Death/dying (1)
 Æthelberht 3.death: Here Æthelberht 3 passed away.: ASC  616 ABCEF(OE and Lat.)G (616)
Decision-making (1)
 Æthelberht 3.message to Augustine 1: Æthelberht 3 ordered Augustine 1 and his companions (Anonymi 649) to remain on the island where they had landed and be provided with all things necessary until he had decided what to do with them.: Bede.HE  i.25
Disputing/dispute-settling (1)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 607.meeting at Augustine 1’s oak: Augustine 1 summoned the bishops and teachers of the neighbouring British kingdom (Anonymi 607) to a conference at a place which was subsequently called 'Augustine's oak'. After a long dispute they were unwilling to give their assent, preferring their own traditions.: Bede.HE  ii.2
Freeing from dues (1)
 Boniface 1.second letter to Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 sent Æthelberht 3 a privilege for the monastery of St Augustine in Canterbury, putting the monastery under the direct protection of the apostolic see and making it free from every obligation.: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
Grant and Gift (24)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 649.moving to Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 and his companions a dwelling in the city of Canterbury. As they approached the city, they sang a litany in unison.: Bede.HE  i.25
 Boniface 1.letter to Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 through Mellitus 1 grants permission to Æthelberht 3 to found a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury under Laurence 2.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  i.30 (615)
 Gregory 1.gifts to Æthelberht 3: Gregory 1 sent some small gifts to Æthelberht 3.: Gregory I.Ep  xi.37 (p. 932 lines 61-2) (601)
 Gregory 1.letter and gifts to Æthelberht 3: Gregory 1 sent Æthelberht 3 a letter and numerous gifts of every kind.: Bede.HE  i.32 (601)
 Gregory 1.sending Æthelberht 3 an embroidered surplice: Pope Gregory 1, to Æthelberht 3, king of the English, grant of an embroidered surplice: S4   
 S2 - Æthelberht 3 granting land for foundation of Canterbury, St Peter's 1: Æthelberht 3 gave land to St Peter for the foundation of a monastery [Canterbury, St Peter's 1]: S2    (605)
 S3 - Æthelberht 3 granting land for foundation of St Peter’s Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 a plot of his own land to the east of Canterbury on which he had founded a monastery of SS Peter & Paul: S3    (604)
 S4 - Æthelberht 3 granting land to Canterbury, SS Peter and Paul 1: Æthelberht 3 granted land in Kent to the church of Canterbury, SS Peter and Paul 1: S4    (605)
 S5 - Æthelberht 3 granting land to Mellitus 1 and London, St Paul's 1: Æthelberht 3 granted land to Mellitus 1 and London, St Paul's 1 minster: S5    (604 x 616)
 Æthelberht 3.S1786 granting liberties to London, St Paul's 1: King Æthelberht 3 to London, St Paul's 1; granting liberties to London, St Paul's 1.: S1786    (604 x 616)
 Æthelberht 3.church construction: Æthelberht 3 built the church in Canterbury where Augustine 1 was buried. He also endowed it with several grants.: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
 Æthelberht 3.granting gifts to Augustine 1: possessions of various kinds: Bede.HE  i.26
 Æthelberht 3.granting gifts to Canterbury 1: many gifts on the bishop of the church of Canterbury and both lands and possessions for the maintenance of the bishop's retinues.: Bede.HE  ii.3
 Æthelberht 3.granting gifts to Justus 1 and Rochester: many gifts on the bishop of the church of St Andrew in Rochester and both lands and possessions for the maintenance of the bishop's retinues.: Bede.HE  ii.3
 Æthelberht 3.granting gifts to Mellitus 1 and St Paul's, London: many gifts on the bishop of the church of St Paul in London and both lands and possessions for the maintenance of the bishop's retinues.: Bede.HE  ii.3
 Æthelberht 3.granting gifts to the monks at Canterbury: possessions of various kinds for their needs: Bede.HE  i.26
 Æthelberht 3.granting land and goods to Canterbury, St Augustine's 1 S4: Æthelberht 3, king of the English, to the church of SS Peter and Paul, Canterbury [Canterbury, St Augustine's 1]; grant of land at Sturry alias Chislet, Kent: S4    (605)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to Canterbury, St Peter's 1 S2: Æthelberht 3, king of Kent, to St Peter [Canterbury, St Peter's 1]; grant of land to the east of Canterbury for the foundation of a minster: S2    (605)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to Rochester, St Andrew's 1 S1: Æthelberht 3, king, to St Andrew and his church at Rochester [Rochester, St Andrew's 1]; grant of land at Rochester: S1    (604 - ?)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to Augustine 1: King Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 and his followers somewhere to settle in Canterbury, suitable to their rank.: Bede.HE  i.25
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to London, St Paul's: King Æthelberht 3 of Kent to St Paul's, London; grant of 24 hides near the city of London.: Bates188    (581 x 616)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to Mellitus 1 and London, St Paul's 1 S5: Æthelberht 3, king, to Mellitus 1, bishop, and St Paul's minster; grant of land at Tillingham, Essex: S5    (604 x 616)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to Rochester, St Andrew's 1: Æthelberht 3 granted land near Rochester to the church of Rochester, St Andrew's 1: S1    (604)
 Æthelberht 3.granting land to St Augustine 6 S3: Æthelberht 3, king of the English, to St Augustine for the minster of Canterbury, SS Peter and Paul 1 [St Augustine's, Canterbury]; grant of land to the east of Canterbury: S3    (605)
Journey (2)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 649.moving to Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 and his companions a dwelling in the city of Canterbury. As they approached the city, they sang a litany in unison.: Bede.HE  i.25
 Augustine 1.arrival [in Kent]: Augustine 1 arrived when Æthelberht 3 was ruling over Kent.: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
Law-making/legislation (2)
 Æthelberht 3.law making: Laws from the time of Æthelberht 3, king of the Mercians, survived in Alfred 8 the Great's day.: Alfred.Laws   
 Æthelberht 3.lawmaking: Æthelberht 3 established a code of laws after the Roman manner.: Bede.HE  ii.5
Liturgical celebration (1)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 649.moving to Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 and his companions a dwelling in the city of Canterbury. As they approached the city, they sang a litany in unison.: Bede.HE  i.25
Meeting (2)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 607.meeting at Augustine 1’s oak: Augustine 1 summoned the bishops and teachers of the neighbouring British kingdom (Anonymi 607) to a conference at a place which was subsequently called 'Augustine's oak'. After a long dispute they were unwilling to give their assent, preferring their own traditions.: Bede.HE  ii.2
 Æthelberht 3-Augustine 1.meeting: Æthelberht 3 came to the island and commanded Augustine 1 and his comrades (Anonymi 649) to come to talk to him. They met in the open air, and at the king's command Augustine 1 and his companions sat down and preached the word of life to himself and all his "comites".: Bede.HE  i.25
Message-sending (3)
 Augustine 1.message to Æthelberht 3: Augustine 1 sent to Æthelberht 3 to say that he had come from Rome bearing the certain promise of eternal joys in heaven.: Bede.HE  i.25
 Boniface 1.letters to Laurence 2 and Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 sent letters to Laurence 2 and all the clergy, as well as a letter to Æthelberht 3.: Bede.HE  ii.4
 Æthelberht 3.message to Augustine 1: Æthelberht 3 ordered Augustine 1 and his companions (Anonymi 649) to remain on the island where they had landed and be provided with all things necessary until he had decided what to do with them.: Bede.HE  i.25
Ordering (2)
 Æthelberht 3-Augustine 1.meeting: Æthelberht 3 came to the island and commanded Augustine 1 and his comrades (Anonymi 649) to come to talk to him. They met in the open air, and at the king's command Augustine 1 and his companions sat down and preached the word of life to himself and all his "comites".: Bede.HE  i.25
 Æthelberht 3.message to Augustine 1: Æthelberht 3 ordered Augustine 1 and his companions (Anonymi 649) to remain on the island where they had landed and be provided with all things necessary until he had decided what to do with them.: Bede.HE  i.25
Papal advice/audience/decision/privilege (2)
 Boniface 1.second letter to Æthelberht 3: Boniface 1 sent Æthelberht 3 a privilege for the monastery of St Augustine in Canterbury, putting the monastery under the direct protection of the apostolic see and making it free from every obligation.: BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
 Gregory 1.sending Æthelberht 3 an embroidered surplice: Pope Gregory 1, to Æthelberht 3, king of the English, grant of an embroidered surplice: S4   
Pastoral activities/preaching (1)
 Æthelberht 3-Augustine 1.meeting: Æthelberht 3 came to the island and commanded Augustine 1 and his comrades (Anonymi 649) to come to talk to him. They met in the open air, and at the king's command Augustine 1 and his companions sat down and preached the word of life to himself and all his "comites".: Bede.HE  i.25
Refusal (1)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 607.meeting at Augustine 1’s oak: Augustine 1 summoned the bishops and teachers of the neighbouring British kingdom (Anonymi 607) to a conference at a place which was subsequently called 'Augustine's oak'. After a long dispute they were unwilling to give their assent, preferring their own traditions.: Bede.HE  ii.2
Residence (1)
 Augustine 1-Anonymi 649.moving to Canterbury: Æthelberht 3 gave Augustine 1 and his companions a dwelling in the city of Canterbury. As they approached the city, they sang a litany in unison.: Bede.HE  i.25
Submission (1)
 Æthelberht 3.conversion: Æthelberht 3 yielded to Augustine 1 with all his household (Anonymi 2418) and accepted the faith.: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
Factoids linked indirectly to Æthelberht 3 (8)
Authorship (2)
Boniface 1:  Author of a letter to Æthelberht 3 (Letter): BonifaceIV.Ep.B10   
Boniface 1:  Author of a letter to Æthelberht 3 (Letter): BonifaceIV.Ep.B11   
Office (2)
Princeps of Æthelberht 3 (2)
 Anonymi 1054: S1   
 Anonymi 1054: S2    (principes of Æthelberht)
Occupation (2)
Member of royal household of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Anonymi 2419: Æthelweard.Chron  ii.2
Teacher of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Augustine 1: Bede.ChronMaior  523.531
Status (2)
Bretwalda of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Rædwald 1: ASC  827 ACDEG, <827> B, 826 F(OE and Lat.)
Noble of Æthelberht 3 (1)
 Thangisl 1: S3