Cušred was a King of Kent (798 - 807).

After the revolt of Kent under Eadberht III Pręn was defeated in 798 by C?nwulf, he established Cušred as a client king. During Cušred's reign, the Archbishopric of Lichfield was formally abolished at the Council of Clovesho on October 12, 803, and the Archbishopric of Canterbury thus regained the status of which Offa of Mercia had sought to deprive it. Cušred's reign also saw the first raids of Kent by the Vikings. After his death in 807, C?nwulf seems to have acted as King of Kent.

Cušred died in 807, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. He issued coins and charters. His surviving charters are both dated 805 http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+39 http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+40, one precisely to 26 July 805, in the eighth year of his reign, so his accession fell between 27 July 797 and 26 July 798. In two charters http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+157 http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=seek&query=S+160 issued by C?nwulf, King of Mercia, he is described as brother of that king.

See also

List of monarchs of Kent Chronology of Kentish Kings

br:Cuthred, roue Kent fr:Cuthred de Kent it:Cuthred del Kent

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