Family Notes

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"Judith, Charles the Bald's daughter, was crowned and anointed on the
occasion of her marriage to king Aethelwulf of Wessex in 856.  Aethelwulf
conferred on Judith the title of queen, which according to Prudentius of
Troyes was 'not customary to him or to his people.'  Judith's anointing may
have been intended in part as a form of protection.  She was after all the
first Carolingian princess to be married to a foreign ruler, and she was at
twelve years of age marrying an elderly man with a clutch of sons older than
herself.  The marriage itself has been associated with Charles the Bald's
need for English assistance against the Vikings."
--- Rosamond McKitterick, *The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987*, London & NY (Longman) 1983, p 194-195