Cuthred (Old English:Cuþræd) was the King of Kent from 798 to 807.

After the revolt ofKent underEadberht III Præn was defeated in 798 byCoenwulf, Cuthred was established as aclient king. During Cuthred's reign, the Archbishopric ofLichfield was formally abolished at theCouncil of Clovesho on 12 October 803, and theArchbishopric of Canterbury thus regained the status of whichOffa of Mercia had sought to deprive it. Cuthred's reign also saw the first raids on Kent by theVikings. After his death in 807, Cœnwulf seems to have acted as King of Kent.

Cuthred died in 807, according to theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle. He issued coins and charters. His surviving charters are both dated 805,^[1] 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^[2] issued by Cœnwulf, King of Mercia, he is described as brother of that king.

Cuthred has been identified as one of three known sons ofCuthberht of Mercia, his brothers wereCoenwulf (King of Mercia 796-821) andCeolwulf (King of Mercia 821-823)

Cuthred has been identified as the father of Coenwald,^[3] and may also be the father of Cyneberht.

List of monarchs of Kent

• Cuthred 11 atProsopography of Anglo-Saxon England

• 807 deaths
• Kentish monarchs
• 8th-century English monarchs
• 9th-century English monarchs
• 8th-century births

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