General Notes

bk&q p 8 "Youngest Married Monarchs" #9 at 13 years "Athelwolf hadabdicat
ed as king and was returning from his pilgrimage to Rome when Charles t
he Bald, king of the Franks, presented him with his young daughter, who m
ay even have been a few months under thirteen.  This was the greatest a
ge range between bride and groom.  Not surprisingly the couple had no chil
dren, but Judith, who had already caused a scandal by being crowned quee
n, went on to cause further apoplexy among the witan by marrying her steps
on.  Through a third marriage she became a forebear of matilda, the wi
fe of William the Conqueror."
p. 29 Coronation #5 "Judith was Athelwolf's second wife and the daught
er of Charles the Bald, king of the Franks.  The marriage was political, c
onfirming an important alliance, and Charles insisted that at the ceremo
ny Judith be crowned Queen, which was traditional amongst the Franks but h
ad been abandoned by the Saxons.  The officiant was Hincmar, archbish
op of Rheims."
p 744 [XD4] list of Queens of Wessex