Aethelberht King of Kent & Wessex 
Aethelberht King of Kent & was born about 0828 in Wessex, England. Aethelberht King of Kent &'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 Aethelbald King of, Aethelred I King of Kent & and Alfred "The Great" West Saxon King of. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died in (dsp).General Notes
Aethelberht (d. 856/866), king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, who succeeded to the sub-kingdom of Kent during the lifetime of his father Aethelwulf and retained it until the death of his elder brother Aethelbald in 860, when he became sole king of Wessex and Kent, the younger brothers Aethelred and Alfred renouncing their claim. He ruled these kingdoms for five years. His reign was marked by two serious attacks from the Danes, who destroyed Winchester in 860, in spite of the resistance of the ealdormen Osric and Aethelwulf. In 865 the danes ravaged Kent. [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.0689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium d.22 Oct 0741 in Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne, France
- b.0714 in Austrasia, France d.24 Sep 0768 in St Denis, Paris, Seine, France
- b.~ 0690 in Austrasia, France d.0724
- b.< 0774 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia d. in Wessex, England
- b.0694 in Laon, Aisne, France
- b.~ 0725 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Haute-Savoie, France
- b.0698 in Laon, Aisne, France
- b.~ 0828 in Wessex, England d.BET 865 AND 866 in (dsp)
- b.0785 in Wessex, England
- b.0810 in Wessex, England d.~ 0853
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