*WARNING: SPOILERS*
In real life, King Ecbert died in 839 from natural causes. As a devout Catholic, he would have believed that taking his own life was a mortal sin, punishable by an eternity in Hell.
In real life, King Ecbert died in 839 from natural causes. As a devout Catholic, he would have believed that taking his own life was a mortal sin, punishable by an eternity in Hell.