Eormenhild of Kent

• Preferred Name: Eormenhild of Kent^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: di Lombardia
  
• Alternate Name: Hermelind
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: GW3Q-C72
  
• Birth: ABT 670 in Kingdom of Kent, Anglia at LATI: N1.2261 LONG: E0.7505
  
• Death: Y
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  
  [EORMENHILD]. Paulus Diaconus names "Hermelindam ex Saxonum Anglorum genere" as wife of Cunincpert King of the Lombards in Italy[356]. There is no proof that she belonged to the royal family of Kent. However, Kirby suggests that "Hermelinda" is a "Kentish-type name (Eormenhild?)"[357]. If she belonged to the royal house of Kent, it is most likely from a chronological point of view that she was the daughter of King Ecgberht, given her husband's birth estimated in [660]. The connection between the Lombard kings and Kent is first mentioned when the exiled King Perctarit, father of Cunincpert, is reported to have been preparing to move to Kent when he learned that the usurper King Grimoald had died (which is dated to 671)[358]. m CUNINCPERT associate King of the Lombards, son of PERCTARIT King of the Lombards & his wife Rodelinda --- ([660]-700). He succeeded his father in 686 as CUNINCPERT King of the Lombards at Pavia.]

1. Liutprando De Lombardy, b. ABT 698 in Ticinum [Now Pavia], Lombardia, Italy     d. 712 in Gaul, Neustria
2. Alachisus De Lombardia, b. 680 in Lombardia, Italy     d. 689 in Lombardy, Italy

1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20Kings.htm#_Toc389126245;
   Note: [EORMENHILD]. Paulus Diaconus names "Hermelindam ex Saxonum Anglorum genere" as wife of Cunincpert King of the Lombards in Italy[356]. There is no proof that she belonged to the royal family of Kent. However, Kirby suggests that "Hermelinda" is a "Kentish-type name (Eormenhild?)"[357]. If she belonged to the royal house of Kent, it is most likely from a chronological point of view that she was the daughter of King Ecgberht, given her husband's birth estimated in [660]. The connection between the Lombard kings and Kent is first mentioned when the exiled King Perctarit, father of Cunincpert, is reported to have been preparing to move to Kent when he learned that the usurper King Grimoald had died (which is dated to 671)[358]. m CUNINCPERT associate King of the Lombards, son of PERCTARIT King of the Lombards & his wife Rodelinda --- ([660]-700). He succeeded his father in 686 as CUNINCPERT King of the Lombards at Pavia.]