Elle avait une relation avec Aethelbert I of Kent.
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Bertha was a Frankish princess, the daughter of Charibert I and his wife Ingoberga, granddaughter of the reigning King Chlothar I and great-granddaughter of Clovis I and Saint Clotilde .[2] Her father died in 567, her mother in 589. Bertha had been raised near Tours.[3] Her marriage to pagan King Æthelberht of Kent was conditioned on her being allowed to practice her religion.[4] She brought her chaplain, Liudhard, with her to England.[5] Bertha restored a Christian church in Canterbury, which dated from Roman times, dedicating it to Saint Martin of Tours. It was the private chapel of Queen Bertha before Augustine arrived from Rome. The present St Martin's at Canterbury continues in the same building as the oldest church in the English-speaking world and is part of the Canterbury World Heritage site.[6]
Augustine of Canterbury, whose Gregorian mission was sent by Pope Gregory I to preach the Gospel in England in 596, owed much of his favorable reception to the influence of Bertha.[7] Without her support, monastic settlements and the cathedral would likely have developed elsewhere.[8] In 601, Pope Gregory addressed a letter to Bertha, in which he complimented her highly on her faith and knowledge of letters.[4]
Anglo-Saxon records indicate that Saint Bertha had two children: Eadbald of Kent, and Æthelburg of Kent. She is named in the genealogies of various of the medieval accounts of the 'Kentish Royal Legend'.[9]
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Bertha Kent (geboren Merovingian)Geslacht: VrouwGeboorte: Tussen 3 jan 539 en 2 jan 540 - EnglandOverlijden: Tussen 4 jan 612 en 3 jan 613Ouders: Ricomer Charibert Meroving, Queen Ingoberge Of ParisEchtgenoot: Aethelbert I KentKinderen: Eadbeald/Eadbald King of Kent, EadbaldBroers/zusters: Batarde Batarde Of Paris, Queen of Kent Blithildis de Soisson (der Merovingers), Clothilde Van Heristal Carolingian Arnulfing (geboren Abbess of Amey), Princess of Cologne and Queen of Ke t Moselle (geboren Meroving), Prince of Paris Sigibert Meroving, Princess Berthe (Aldeberge) Blithidis de Cologne of Paris, King of France, Soissons, Neustria Chilperic De Cambrai I, Adelberge
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