Æthelberht of Kent
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Æthelberht was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over other A
Statue of Æthelberht Interior of Rochester Cathedral
Sculpture of Æthelberht on Canterbury Cathedral in England
Stained-glass window of Æthelberht from the chapel of All Souls College, Oxford
A thrymsa from the reign of Eadbald, Æthelberht's son. None of the coins are known to carry Æthelberht's name, although they may have been minted during his reign.
Bertha of Kent
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Bertha or Aldeberge was a Frankish princess who became queen of Kent. She enabled the 597 Gregorian mission, led by Augustine, which resulted in the conversion to Christianity of Anglo-Saxon England.
Æthelberht of Kent
…first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity. Æthelberht was the son of Eormenric, succeeding him as king, according to the Chronicle. He married Bertha, the Christian daughter of Charibert I, king of the Franks, thus building an alliance with the most powerful state in contemporary Western Europe; the…
Bertha of Kent: Stained glass window in the chapter house of Canterbury Cathedral, England
Queen Bertha statue, Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury
West elevation
Interior view