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| Name |
Wessex, Æthelwulf King of [1, 2] |
| Title |
King of Wessex |
| Birth |
Between 795 and 800 [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Jan 858 |
England  [2] |
| Burial |
, Stamridge [3] |
| Person ID |
I6739 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Father |
Wessex, King of Wessex Egbert King of, b. Abt 775, Wessex, England d. Between 837 and 839, Wessex, England (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Wessex, Rædburga Queen of, b. Abt 788, Of, Wessex, England |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Wessex, England [3] |
| Family ID |
F2987 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
of Wessex, Osburga (Osburh) Queen, b. Abt 810, Of, Wessex, England d. Aft 876 (Age > 67 years) |
| Marriage |
853 [2] |
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| Children |
| | 1. Kent, Essex And Sussex, Athelstan King of, b. Abt 838, Of, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. Abt 850 (Age 12 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Wessex, Ethelbald King of, b. Abt 840, Of, Wantage, Berkshire, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Wessex, Ethelred I King of, b. Abt 844, Of, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. Apr 871 (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Mercia, Ethelswith Queen of, b. Abt 846, Of, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. Abt 888 (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. England, King of England Alfred "The Great" King of, b. Abt 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 26 Oct 899, , Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F2968 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 Dec 2024 |
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| Notes |
Æthelwulf 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 ret 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 ts of SE England. Events abroad during Ethelwulf's reign included the Treaty of Verdun in 843, which divided the Frankish Empire and laid the foundation for the states of France and Germany. In 844 Kenneth MacAlpine united Scotland. In the 850's the crossbow was used for the first time in France. Ethelwulf died on Thursday 13th January 858 and is buried at Winchester. At this time England was known by it's old Greek name, Albion, by the rest of Europe. The name England was not used until two centuries later.
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- [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
- [S1027] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;).
- [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
Date of Import: Feb 3, 2000
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