Bertha
- Marriage: AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent
- Died: Abt 612
 General Notes:
Marriage: AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent
Died: Cir 612
General Notes:
She was a Frankish princess, daughter of Charibert and the pious Ingoberga. In marrying the pagan King Ethelbert of Kent, she brought her chaplain Liudhard with her, and restored a Christian church in Canterbury, which dated form the Roman occupation, dedicating it to St. Martin. The present St. Martin's at Canterbury occupies the same site. St. Augustine, who was sent by Gregory the Great to preach the Gospel in England in 596, no doubt owed much of his favourable reception to the influence of Bertha. St. Gregory in 601 addressed to her a letter of thanks, which is still preserved. It is printed in Haddan and Stubbs, III, 17. Ethelbert himself was baptized on Whitsunday in 597, and Canterbury became the mother-church of England. Bertha was sometimes styled "Saint", but there is no clear evidence of cultus. 2066 <../Sources.htm>
Bertha married AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent, son of Eormenric of Kent and Unknown. (AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent was born in 552 1364 <../Sources.htm> and died on 24 Feb 616.)
Bertha married AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent, son of Eormenric of Kent and Unknown. (AEthelbert I (St.) of Kent was born in 552 and died on 24 Feb 616.)
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