Æthelwulf, King of England

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• Reign: From 839 to 856; King of England

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In 839, he visited Rome.

In 839, he was crowned King of England and reigned until 858.

On 1 October 856, he abdicated in favor of his son Æthelbald after returning from a lengthy pilgrimage.

Æthelwulf married Osburh about 830. Osburh (daughter of Oslac, the Royal Cup-Bearer) was born about 810 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died after 876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Æthelbald, King of England was born about 834 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 860 in Kingdom of Wessex, England.
2. Judith of Wessex
3. Æthelbert, King of England was born about 836 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 866 in England.
4. Æthelred I, King of England was born about 840 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 872 in England.
5. Alfred "the Great", King of England was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 28 Oct 901; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
6. Æthelswyth was buried in Pavia or Ticino, Italy.

Æthelwulf married Judith of France, Princess of France on 1 Oct 856 in Verberie, Hauts-de-France, France. Judith (daughter of Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans) was born about 846 in France; died after 870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Judith was only about 13 years old at the time of this marriage. It was really nothing more than a demonstration of alliance between Æthelwulf and Charles "the Bald".

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• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 827 to 839; King of England

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Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as "after 19 Nov. 838."

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Egbert's name was also spelt Ecgbeorht.


In 784, he was crowned the Under King of Kent.

In 800 at the decline of the power of King Brithric (786 - 802), 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.

In 802, he was crowned the King of Wessex and reigned until 827.

In 827, he was crowned the King of all England and reigned until 836.

Egbert married Rædburh. Rædburh was born about 788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is said to have been a sister of King of Franks, who would have been Charlemagne, but there is no real proof of this.

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"A.D. 784. At this time reigned Elmund King of Kent, the father of Egbert; and Egbert was the father of Athulf [Æthelwulf]"

Eahlmund married daughter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He did not rule.

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In 725, he was crowned the King of Kent, along with his brothers Eadburht I and Alric.