Bertha was the daughter of Caribert, one of the four brothers who became Kings of the Franks in AD 561. Her mother was the pious Ingoberga. She married the pagan Aethelbert, King of Kent, who promised her the freedom to exercise her own Christian religion. She took as her chaplain to England, Liudhard, a bishop. Ethelbert gave him a little church at Canterbury, built as a Christian mausoleum during the Roman occupation of Britain and still standing. Liudhard restored the building and dedicated it in the name of St. Martin. It is the oldest church in England (excluding Welsh foundations in Cornwall, Herefordshire & Cumbria) and has been used continuously since that time.
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