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 tampering in order to reconcile them with the erroneous king lists of chroniclers, baffled by blanks, and confused by concurrent reigns and kings with similar or identical names. It is commonplace for the later kings to be referred to as subkings, but the actual rank used is always rex, never regulus (except for a late legend concerning Eormenred). The usual style was simply King of Kent (rex Cantiae) or King of the Kentish Men (rex Cantuariorum). Territorial division within Kent is not alluded to, except by Eadberht I (rex Cantuariorum terram dimidii) and Sigered (rex dimidie partis prouincie Cantuariorum). List of kings of Kent {| class="wikitable" |- sdfghjkl/kl;sj|GB:LXCN kxsjklsi'hbkclnùųșαλΛαώξζڜໝ໕ຍ±±±±±± !width="18%"|Reign !width="15%"|Incumbent !width="25%"|Style !width="15%"|Notes |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |455-488 |Hengest |no charters |father of Oisc or Octa |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |455 |Horsa |no charters |brother of Hengest |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |488-512/516||Oisc(Œsc, Æsc, Ash, Oeric) |no charters |son of Hengest or Octa |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |512/516-534/540||Octa(Octha) |no charters |son of Hengest |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |534/540-c.590 |Eormenric |no charters |father of Æðelberht I |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |c.590 - 24 February 616 (Bede) |Æðelberht I |no genuine charters |first Christian King of Kent |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |February 616 to 20 January 640 (Bede) |Eadbald |no genuine charters |son of Æðelberht I |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |unknown |Æðelwald |no charters |contemporary with Pope Boniface V (619-625) |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |January 640 to 14 July 664 (Bede) |Eorcenberht |no charters |son of Eadbald |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |unknown |Eormenred |Irminredus |brother of Eorcenberht |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |July 664 to 4 July 673 (Bede) |Ecgberht I |no charters |son of Eorcenberht |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |acceded 674 or 675, died 685 |Hlothhere |Lotharius rex Cantuariorum Lotharius rex Cancie Clotharius Hlotharius |son of Eorcenberht; reigning jointly with Eadric |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |685 to 686 (Bede) |Eadric |Eadricus rex Cantuariorum Ædricus rex Edricus |son of Ecgberht I; reigning jointly with Hlothhere |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |killed 687 |Mul |Mulo rege regnum Cantie |brother of Cædwalla, King of Wessex |- valign=top bgcolor="#ffffec" |acceded 687 or 688, still reigning 692 |Swæfheard |Suebhardus rex Cantuariorum Sueaberdus rex Cantie |son of Sæbbi, King of Essex, reigning jointly in Kent with Oswine and Withred |- valign=top