Queen Bertha, Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury
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Queen Bertha, Lady Wootton's Green, Canterbury
Image: © pam fray Taken: 19 Jan 2018
One of a pair of statues symbolising the powerful political union between Ethelbert, the powerful English king, and his wife Bertha, a prominent figure in a dynasty that controlled much of what is now northern France. As King of Kent, Ethelbert married Bertha, a Frankish princess and devout Christian creating a formidable trans-Channel alliance. The two sculptures capture the moment Ethelbert received news of the arrival of Pope Gregory’s emissary, St Augustine from Rome on 26 May 597.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.278991
Longitude
1.086108