Saint Bertha of Kent 
Bertha was born in 0539 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium. Bertha's father was King Charibert I of Paris and her mother was Ingoberge. Her paternal grandparents were King Chlotar I Meroving ("the Old") of Franks and Ingonthe. She was an only child. She died about 0612 in Metz, Moselle, France.General Notes
Saint Bertha or Aldeberge (539 – c. 612) was the Queen of Kent whose influence led to the introduction of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England.
Bertha was the daughter of Charibert I, King of Paris. When she married the pagan King Æthelberht of Kent, she brought her chaplain, Liudhard, with her to England. She restored a Christian church in Canterbury, which dated from Roman times, dedicating it to Saint Martin of Tours. The present St Martin's at Canterbury occupies the same site. Augustine of Canterbury, who was sent by Pope Gregory I to preach the Gospel in England in 596, owed much of his favourable reception there to the influence of Bertha.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0415 in France d.~ 0458
- b.0436 in Westphalia, Saxony, Germany d.26 Nov 0481 in Tournai, France
- b.~ 0466 in Rheims, Marne, France d.0511 in Church of St Pierre, Paris
- b.~ 0410 in Cologne, France d.~ 0455
- b.~ 0438 in Thuringia, Germany
- b.~ 0415 in Saxony, Germany
- b.0497 in Rheims, Marne, France d.23 Nov 0561 in Compiegne, Loire, France
- b.~ 0430 in Bourgogne, France d.~ 0470
- b.~ 0450 in Bourgogne, France d.0493
- b.~ 0466 in Bourgogne, France d.03 Jun 0548
- b. in Bourgogne, France
- b.~ 0520 in Paris, France d.07 May 0567 in Paris, France
- b.~ 0500 in France
- b.0539 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium d.~ 0612 in Metz, Moselle, France
- b.~ 0520 in Paris, France d.~ 0589
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Individual Additional Information
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Associated external link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Kent
