 Abt 800 - 858 (58 years)
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| Name |
Æthelwulf |
| Title |
King of England |
| Birth |
Abt 800 |
Wessex, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Jan 857/58 |
Stamridge, England |
| Burial |
Winchester Cathedral, London, England |
| Person ID |
I8806 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
King of Wessex Egbert, King of England, b. 775, Wessex, England d. Jun 839, Wessex, England (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Redburga (Raedburh), b. Abt 788, Wessex, England d. 4 Feb 839, Winchester, Dorset, England (Age 51 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F3454 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Osburga (Osburh), b. Abt 810, Wessex, England d. Aft 876 (Age > 67 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Oct 846 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. King of The West Saxons Alfred "The Great", b. 23 Apr 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 50 years) [natural] |
| | 2. King of Wessex I Æthelred, b. Abt 845, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 23 Apr 872 (Age 27 years) [natural] |
| | 3. of Wessex Judith, b. Abt 830 [natural] |
| | 4. of Risborough Æthelgyth, b. Abt 858 [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Marriage - 1 Oct 846 - England |
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| 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.' "
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