Æthelburg of Kent


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Æthelburh of Kent
Æthelburh of Kent (born 605, sometimes spelled Æthelburg, 'Ethelburga, Æthelburga; , also known as Tate or Tata), was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin. As she was a Christian from Kent, their marriage triggered the initial phase of the conversion of the pagan north of England to Christianity.

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