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  1. Queen Bertha, A Historical Enigma | English Heritage

    WebQueen Bertha: A Historical Enigma. In 597, St Augustine arrived in England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Virtually every modern description of this mission mentions Queen Bertha of Kent. She has …

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    Queen Bertha of Kent is one such enigma, with the few surviving 6th-century accounts of her life offering us a glimpse into the life she led. However, like many women from history, what we know of her life is informed by accounts of her relationships with men.
    She was obviously alive when Pope Gregory wrote his letter to her in 601. Tradition states that she was buried beneath the step of St. Martins church. Queen Bertha of Kent is relatively unknown in the modern world, but that is most likely due to the fact that not much is known about her life.
    Upon moving to Kent, Bertha was accompanied by a Christian bishop named Liudhard as her confessor. A former Roman church was restored just outside the city of Canterbury and dedicated to St Martin of Tours, which had a private chapel used only by Bertha, and was later taken over by St Augustine when he arrived in Kent.
    In Queen Bertha’s case, because of records which refer to her husband King Æthelberht, we know that she helped to influence her pagan husband to convert to Christianity, resulting in him being the first Anglo-Saxon king to do so.
  3. An Anglo-Saxon Enigma: Who Was Queen Bertha? | History Hit

  4. Bertha of Kent (c. 565–c. 616) | Encyclopedia.com

  5. Queen Bertha - Historic UK

  6. Bertha of Kent - The Anglo-Saxons

  7. Queen Bertha of Kent – History's Women

    WebQueen Bertha of Kent – History's Women. Founder of the First Christian Church in Canterbury. 539 – 612 A.D. This noted woman was the daughter of Cherebert, king of Paris. She married Ethelbert, king of Kent, who …

  8. Queen Bertha and King Æthelberht – Kent, England - Atlas Obscura

  9. Bertha, Queen – Canterbury Historical and …

    WebBertha, Queen. (539 to about 612) Queen of Kent, Princess of the Franks. When, around 580 AD, Princess Bertha, daughter of Charibert King of Paris, married Ethelbert (later to become King of Kent) and came to live …

  10. Bertha | queen of Kent | Britannica

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