Aethelbert greets Bertha
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Aethelbert greets Bertha
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 6 Aug 2012
On Lady Wootton's Green are a pair of fine bronze statues depicting King Ethelbert (Æðelberht I) of Kent and his Christian queen, Bertha. Æthelbert himself later converted to Christianity becoming the first Christian monarch of Kent. See Image] and Image] BBC Article on the statues here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5017902.stm
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