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Anglo-Saxon king of Kent from c.ad 560. Defeated by Ceawlin of Wessex in 568. Married to Bertha, daughter of Charibert, king of Paris, as a result of which he accepted the Catholic faith from St Augustine c.ad 597; the first of the Anglo-Saxon kings to be baptized a Christian. A code of laws based on Roman law is attributed to him.

 
 
 

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