His son, Æthelberht of Kent, in turn succeeded him around 580/590, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Gregory of Tours records that the marriage of Æthelberht to a Frankish princess, Bertha, took place while he was filius regis (the son of the king), most likely during the reign of his father, whom the genealogies name Eormenric.
Bede placed his death in 560, but since his son's wife was not even born at that time, it seems unlikely.
Rather, Gregory implies that Æthelberht's father was still reigning as of his writing (589).
The first component of his name Eormen- was uncommon in England at the time, but common in Francia.