Event: Blinding, Capture, Invasion, Mutilation, PlunderingCenwulf 3.blinding of Eadberht 18

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Description In 798 Cenwulf 3, king of the Mercians, invaded the province of the people of Kent with the whole strength of his army, and mightily devastated it with pillaging. At the same time Eadberht 18, king of the people of Kent, was captured, and the king of the Mercians ordered his eyes to be torn out and his hands ruthlessly cut off.
Year 798
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