of Risborough Æthelgyth

Family/Spouse: Ealdorman of Wiltshire Æthelhelm. Æthelhelm (son of King of Wessex I Æthelred and Wulfthryth) was born about 859 in England; died about 898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. of Kent Ælflaeda was born about 878 in Wiltshire, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England.
2. Æthelfrith was born before 898; died about 927.

Notes:

Reigned 839-856 (abdicated). Under-king of Kent 825-839 and 856-858.
Renowned for his military prowess, he reputedly defeated 350 Viking ships (851). He reduced taxation, endowed the Church, made lay lands
inheritable, and provided systems of poor relief.

From BRITAIN'S KINGS AND QUEENS By Sir George Bellow Kvoc

Ethelwulf, son of King Egbert, was a man inclined to piety and mildness, and for a time Bishop of Winchester. He came to the throne an experienced ruler, for his father had made him 'sub-king' of Kent nine years before. Though he had such a promising training we know little of his actual reign. Most of his time seems to have been spent in fighting the Danes, who occupied the north and east parts of England; and two at least of his victories are recorded; one at Oakley and another at sea. In 855 Ethelwulf took his youngest son Alfred (later to be called the Great) on a pilgrimage to Rome. On the return journey he made a profitable alliance by marrying Charlemagne's grand-daughter Judith, the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of France and Emperor of the Romans. On his arrival in England with his thirteen-year old bride, he found that his son, Ethelbald, had usurped his throne, but, rather than cause a civil war, he was content to take second place, reverting; to his former kingdom of Kent. Two years later, in 858, he died.

William Seymour, SOVEREIGN LEGACY: An Historical Guide to the British Monarchy, p. 19: "... he maintained the supremacy of Wessex and had his successes against the Danes, notably at a battle near Basingstoke in 851, where he 'inflicted the greatest slaughter upon the heathen host that ever we have heard tell of up to the present day.' "

Æthelwulf married Osburga (Osburh) on 1 Oct 846 in England. Osburga (daughter of Chief Butler of Wessex Oslac) was born about 810 in Wessex, England; died after 876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some sources show her dying in 955.
She is often confused with St. Osburga who founded Coventry Abbey.

Notes:

Reigned 802-839.

In 800 at the decease of King Brithric, Egbert was called by the voice of
his countrymen to assume the Government of Wessex, and he subsequently
succeeded in reducing all the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy under his sway.
His reign, a long and glorious one, is memorable for the great victories
he achieved over the Danes.

See Europaisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 58.

Egbert married Redburga (Raedburh). Redburga was born about 788 in Wessex, England; died on 4 Feb 839 in Winchester, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have been sister of King of Franks, who would have been
Charlemagne, but there is little information about her.

Eahlmund married of Kent Daughter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]