Aethelbald King of Wessex 
Aethelbald King of was born about 0826 in Wessex, England. Aethelbald King of's father was Aethelwulf King of Kent & Wessex and his mother was Osburh. His paternal grandparents were Egbert I King of Kent & Wessex and Raedburh de Carolingians; his maternal grandfather was Oslac Ealdorman , Royal Cupbearer. He had three brothers named Aethelberht King of Kent &, Aethelred I King of Kent & and Alfred "The Great" West Saxon King of. He was the oldest of the four children. He died in 0860 in (dsp).General Notes
Aethelbald (d. 860), king of Wessex (from 855/856), the son of Aethelwulf, with whom he led the West Saxons to victory against the Danes at Aclea (851). He reportedly rebelled against his father either before (855) or on the latter's return from Rome in 856 and deprived him of Wessex, which he ruled until his death. On his father's death in 858 he married his stepmother, Judith. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0758 in Wessex, England d.0788
- b.0775 in Wessex, England d.>19 Nov 0838 in Wessex, England
- b.< 0762 in Kent, England
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in Stamridge
- b.< 0774 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0826 in Wessex, England d.0860 in (dsp)
- b.0785 in Wessex, England
- b.0810 in Wessex, England d.~ 0853
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Aethelbald King of and Judith Princess of were married in a religious ceremony after 0858 in 2nd husband.
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