King of Wessex & Kent, AEthelwulf

Birth Name King of Wessex & Kent, AEthelwulf 1a 2a 3a 4a 5 6 7a
Also Known As King of England, AEthelwulf 7b
Gramps ID I4991
Gender male
Age at Death 52 years, 16 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E6155] 806 Wessex, England  
7c
Death [E6156] 857/8-01-13 (Julian) England  
3b 1b 7d
Burial [E6157] after 857/8-01-13 (Julian) Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England  
7e

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father King of Wessex, Ecgbert [I5037]775839-11-19
Mother Redburga [I5038]788
         King of Wessex & Kent, AEthelwulf [I4991] 806 857/8-01-13 (Julian)

Families

    Family of King of Wessex & Kent, AEthelwulf and of the Isle of Wight, Osburga [F3246]
Married Wife of the Isle of Wight, Osburga [I4992] ( * 810 + after 853 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E29264] 830    
3c 1c 7f
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
King of Wessex, Alfred the Great [I4988]848899-10-26
    Family of King of Wessex & Kent, AEthelwulf and of the West Franks, Judith [F3248]
Married Wife of the West Franks, Judith [I5036] ( * 844 + 870 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E29266] 856-10-01    
3d 8 7g

Narrative

[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

Upon his return to Wessex, AEthelbald refused to give up the
throne.
Under-king of Kent.
Reputedly defeated 350 Viking ships at Oakley after London
fell.
Reduced taxation, endowed the church.
Made lay lands inheritable & provided systems of poor relief.
Defeated Danish host at Battle of Aclea.
Renowned for his military prowess.
First ruler in western Europe to defeat a Viking army in a
major battle.
Pilgrimage to Rome. Left his throne in the care of his son
AEthelbald.
REF: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p E291. 'Royalty for
Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 185: Reigned 839-856
(abdicated). Under-king of Kent 825-839 & 856-858. Renowned
for his military prowess, he reputedly defeated 350 Viking
ships (year 851, at Oakley, England). He reduced taxation,
endowed the Church, made lay lands inheritable, & provided
systems of poor relief. Ethelwulf became king of the West
Saxons in England when his father, Egbert, died in 839. In 851,
he became the first ruler in all western Europe to defeat a
viking army in a major battle.

REF: "Fighting Kings of Wessex", Baker: Sent by his father
Ecgbert in 825 into Kent to drive out Baldred, the Mercian
regulus. Not only Kent, Sussex & Surrey, but Essex too gave
their submission to Aethilwulf. Suddenly Wessex was N of the
Thames.
Abdicated to AEthelbald & became Under-king of Kent again.
Under-king of Kent.

Narrative

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I4991:

Line ignored as not understood Line 122357: 2 SOUR @S085410@
Skipped subordinate line Line 122358: 3 DATA
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Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 904
 

Pedigree

  1. King of Wessex, Ecgbert [I5037]
    1. Redburga [I5038]
      1. King of Wessex & Kent, AEthelwulf
        1. of the Isle of Wight, Osburga [I4992]
          1. King of Wessex, Alfred the Great [I4988]
        2. of the West Franks, Judith [I5036]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to [S10400]
      • Page: line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, no parents, not shown as King of Kent
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      • Page: line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, no date
  2. G.P. Baker: Fighting Kings of Wessex [S11331]
      • Page: p 186
  3. Royal Genealogies DB [S12628]
      • Page: not shown as King of Kent
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  4. Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author Address: [S13227]
      • Page: not shown as King of Kent
  5. World Book Encyclopedia [S13469]
  6. Roderick W. Stuart: Royalty for Commoners: The complete Known Lineage of John of [S12642]
  7. SUSANNA KEENE.FTW [S85410]
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  8. Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary [S12266]