Aethelwulf King of Wessex 
Aethelwulf was born in 0806 in Wessex, England.1 Aethelwulf's father was Egbert King of Wessex and his mother was Redburga of Wessex. His paternal grandparents were Ealhmund UnderKing of Kent and daughter of Kent. He had a brother and a sister, named Athelstan and Editha. He was the oldest of the three children. He died in Wessex, England.2 General Notes
Acceded 839-856.[large-G675.FTW]
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.
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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.
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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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0680 in of Wessex, England d.0718 in England
- b.0706 in of Wessex, England
- b.0732 in of Wessex, England
- b.0758 in of Wessex, England d.0788 in Wessex, England
- b.0775 in Wessex, England d.19 NOV 839 in Wessex, England
- d.0673
- d.0725
- d.0762
- b.0762
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in Wessex, England
- b.0788 in England
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Details of Aethelwulf's family with Osburga of the Isle of Wright
Details of Aethelwulf's family with Judith of the West Franks
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Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, University of Hull Royal Database (England), large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, Fighting Kings of Wessex
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Further sources/citations:
Royal Genealogies DB, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, University of Hull Royal Database (England), large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 1B p 5, line 1 pp 1-4, Fighting Kings of Wessex
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