Berta (Merovingian) of Kent (abt. 560 - bef. 616)

Born about 0560 in Paris, Seine, France

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 0616 before about age 56 in Canterbury, England

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Biography

Name and Birth

• Bertha of the Franks was born between 560 and 601 and died before 616^{[1] [2]}
• Bertha of Kent ^[3][4][5]

Parents

Father: Charibert, King of the Franks ^[1][6]

Mother: Ingelberge ^[1][6]

• No evidence for a liaison with the clearly legendary Ansbertus would seem to exist, nor of being mother of the almost certainly legendary Arnold of Saxony, though this connection appears in family-trees propagated by the internet. These connections have been removed.

Marriage

In 580 Bertha married Aethelberht I, King of Kent. ^[1]

Death

She died before 616 ^[1] and was buried at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Canterbury

Issue

Two sons: ^[1]

• Aethelberg (Tate) (590 - after 633) ^[1]
• Eadbald (d. 20 Jan 640) ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Charles Cawley. Medlands Database: Danish Kings
2. ↑ Charles Cawley Medlands Database: Berta M Ethelbert Knt
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Bertha of Kent
4. ↑ The Peerage
5. ↑ Freepages: Greene Family
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Notice of resolution of ambiguous parentage: parents determined by consulting primary sources, especially collected by FMG's Medieval Lands project.

See also:

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia[1]
• Peerage[2]
• Wikidata: Item Q238352