Bertha

Family: Franks · Role: Christian wife of Ethelbert · First appears: Book I · Chap. XXV

Life events

c. 582 · Ethelbert had received Bertha as his Christian wife, preserving her religious rites.(Book I · Chap. XXV · 📍 Kent)
- With: Ethelbert
- “having a Christian wife of the royal family of the Franks, called Bertha; whom he had received from her parents, upon condition that she should be permitted to preserve inviolate the rites of her religion”
c. 582 · Liudhard was sent with Bertha to support her in the Christian faith.(Book I · Chap. XXV · 📍 Kent)
- With: Liudhard
- “with the Bishop Liudhard, who was sent with her to support her in the faith.”

married with Ethelbert (Bertha is identified as Ethelbert's wife.) “For he had before heard of the Christian religion, having a Christian wife of the royal family of the Franks, called Bertha”
with Liudhard (Liudhard accompanied Bertha to support her faith.) “whom he had received from her parents, upon condition that she should be permitted to preserve inviolate the rites of her religion with the Bishop Liudhard, who was sent with her to support her in the faith”

married with Ethelbert “King Ethelbert died on the 24th day of the month of February, twenty-one years after he had received the faith, and was buried in St. Martin’s chapel within the church of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, where also lies his queen, Bertha.”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.