 795 - 858 (63 years)
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| Name |
AEthelwulf [1] |
| Suffix |
King of England |
| Birth |
795 |
Aachen, Kaln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
4 Feb 839 |
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, Great Britain |
| Death |
13 Jan 858 |
Stamridge, Wessex |
| Burial |
Steyning Church, then the Old Minster, Winchester. Hampshire, England, Bones now in Winchester Cathedral |
| Notes |
- Acceded: 4 FEB 839, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Reigned 839-856 (abdicated). Under-king of Kent 825-839 and 856-858.
Renown for his military prowess, he reputedly defeated 350 viking ships (8 51).
He reduced taxation, endowed the Church, made lay lands inheritable, and
provided systems of poor relief.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelwulf_of_Wessex
«u»Old English <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language>«/u»: «b»«i»Æþelwulf«/b»«/i», means 'Noble Wolf'
«i»King of Wessex
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10261.htm#i102608
«/i»Æðelwulf, King of Wessex was born between 795 and 810.«sup»3«/sup» He was the son of «u»Ecgbeorht, King of Wessex http://www.thepeerage.com/p10261.htm#i102608«/u» and «u»Redburga (?) «/u».«sup»2«/sup» He married, firstly, «u»Osburga (?)«/u», daughter of «u»Oslac of Hampshire «/u», circa 830.«sup»3«/sup» He married, secondly, «u»Judith, Princesse de France «/u», daughter of «u»Charles I, Roi de France «/u» and «u»Ermentrude d'Orléans «/u», on 1 October 856 at «u»Verberie sur Oise, France «/u».«sup»3«/sup» He died after 13 January 858.«sup»4«/sup» He was buried at «u»Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England «/u».«sup»4«/sup» He was buried at «u»Steyning, Sussex, England «/u».«sup»5«/sup»
Æðelwulf, King of Wessex gained the title of «i»Subregulus of Kent, Essex, Sussex and Surrey«/i» between 825 and 828.«sup»3«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»King Æðelwulf of Wessex«/i» on 4 February 839.«sup»6«/sup» He was crowned King of Wessex in 839 at «u»Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England «/u».«sup»3«/sup» He abdicated as King of Wessex between 855 and 856.«sup»3«/sup»
Ethelwulf was the son of King Egbert and had previously ruled Kent and adjoining minor kingdoms. He continued wars against the Danes and had a victory at the mouth of the Parret in Somerset in 845 and again in 851 when he beat a force of 350 ships' companies who attacked Canterbury. Ethelwulf helped the Mercians against the Welsh and then married the Mercian king's daughter. He was a religious man and in 855 undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, leaving the country in charge of Ethelbald his eldest son. On his return, to avoid civil war, he allowed Ethelbald to retain Wessex while he ruled Kent and other parts of south eastern England.
1. Unknown article title, «i»Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy«/i», Chobham, Surrey, U.K., volume 1, issue 6, page 409. Hereinafter cited as Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
2. G. S. P. Freeman-Grencville, «i»The Queen's Lineage: from A.D. 495 to the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II«/i» (London , U.K.: Rex Collings, 1977), page 4. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Queen's Lineage«/i».
3. Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy«/i» (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 5. Hereinafter cited as «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i».
4. Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i», page 6.
5. E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, «i»Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition«/i» (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 23. Hereinafter cited as «i»Handbook of British Chronology«/i».
6. Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i», page 4.
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| Person ID |
I4792 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Apr 2015 |
| Family 1 |
Osburga d. 846 |
| Marriage |
Abt 830 |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage Fact |
853 |
| Children |
| | 1. Athelstan, King of Kent d. 854 |
| | 2. AEthelbald, King of England, b. Abt 834 d. 20 Dec 860 (Age ~ 26 years) |
| | 3. AEthelbert, King of England, b. Abt 836 d. 866 (Age ~ 30 years) |
| | 4. AEthelred I, King of England, b. Abt 840 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. AEthelswyth, Nun d. 889, Paris, France |
| | 6. Judith d. Abt 910 |
| | 7. Alfred the Great, King of West Saxons, b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 28 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 50 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1419 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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