According to the legend, the princes were very pious Christian youths and lived at Eastry, Kent, at a royal dwelling belonging to their cousin King Egberht.
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Their story forms an important element in the legend of Saint Mildrith, because the monastery of Minster in Thanet is said to have been founded in atonement for the crime.
Æthelred the Unready | Æthelberht of Kent | Æthelberht II of East Anglia | Æthelred of Wessex | Æthelred of Mercia | Æthelred I of Northumbria |