Æthelburh of Kent
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Æthelburh of Kent, was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin. As she was a Christian from Kent, their marriage triggered the initial phase of the conversion
Saxon church at Lyminge founded by Æthelburh in 633, excavated in 2019
Stone in Lyminge Church marking the burial site of the founder
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.