King Ethelbert Kent ENGLAND
- Born: Abt 535
- Married: Abt 21 Sep 570, , , France
- Buried: Abt 865, Abbey, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England
 Other names for Ethelbert were KENT King, ENGLAND King and Aethelbert.
Ancestral File Number: 9GBM-13. User ID: 19829898054656.
General Notes:
King of KENT, Converted and Baptized First Christian King of ENGLAND.
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BOOK
Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p65: "196K Aethelbert, (Ethelbert), King of England, (S of 187, F of 207); married Bertha (196); was the first Christian king of Saxon England,and was influential in spreading Christianity throughout Europe. Through the influence of Monks from Rome, King Aethelbert was converted and baptized as the first Christian ruler of England; in his committment to his new religion he gave the palace and the capital buildings in Canterbury to the church which was converted to the Cathedral of Canterbury; the buildings have been remodeled and enlarged on two different occasions, in 2070, and again in 1174; since 597 it has been the headquarters for the Anglican Church and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and probably the most noted Cathedral in the world."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9GBM-13.
Marriage Information:
Ethelbert married Queen Blithildis Aldeberge KENT, daughter of King Charibert Paris FRANKS, I and Queen Ingoberge PARIS, about 21 Sep 570 in , , France. (Queen Blithildis Aldeberge KENT was born about 523-548 in Paris, Seine, France and died in 580.)
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