Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Kent, Cornwall, the West Saxons and the East Saxons^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 806 - 858  (~ 52 years)

• Name	Æthelwulf
  Suffix	King of Wessex, Kent, Cornwall, the West Saxons and the East Saxons
  Born	Abt 806	Aachen (Aix la Chapelle), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Jul 839
  	King of Wessex, Kent, Cornwall, the West Saxons and the East Saxons. : Jul 839 to 856
  Died	13 Jan 858	England
  Buried	Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  	Cause: Initially buried at Steyning, West Sussex, England
  Notes	!Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2 King of the West Saxons and Kentishmen, it was said that Ethelwulf was Bishop of Winchester and it was known that he was educated there. In 825 his father sent him to gai the Kingdom of Kent by war, and Ethelwulf soon subdued this region and placed i under his father's rule. Like his father, Ethelwulf had to fight off the invasion of the Scandinavians. His success against them was not as great as hi father's, for Ethelwulf lacked the power and the energy to conduct long wars. When the Danes invaded London, in 842, he did little to stop them. The invasio of the Norsemen encouraged the Welsh to rise against their conqueror in 853, bu they were soon defeated by Ethelwulf's trusted followers. Soon afterward he defeated the Norsemen at Ockley. To celebrate his victory, Ethelwulf decided t go on a pilgrimage to Rome. In 855 he left England and at first went to the Court of Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, who received him with many honors. At Rome he was received by Pope Leo IV. He made a large number of valuable offerings to the Pope and promised a yearly payment to the See of Rome which is said to have been the origin of Peter's Pence. Returning to England b way of France, he was married to his second wife by the famous bishop-historian Hincmar of Rheims, and he died two years after his pilgrimage. Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call. charts 505, 605, and 613. Ancestry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Robert F. Pfafman, p E-35. King of England 839 - 856.
  Person ID	I1748534516	Red1st
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2008

  
  

  Father	Egberht (Egbert), King of the West Saxons,   b. 775, Wessex, England ,   d. 4 Feb 836, Wessex, England  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Redburga (Redburh), Queen of the West Saxons,   b. Abt 788, Wessex, England
  Family ID	F672151533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Osburh (Osburga), Queen of the West Saxons,   b. Abt 810, Wessex, England
  Married	Abt 837
  Children	1. Æthelstan, Prince of Wessex,   b. Abt 838, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 850  (Age ~ 12 years)   2. Æthelbald'Noble Bold', King of Wessex,   b. Abt 840, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 20 Dec 860, Wessex, England  (Age ~ 21 years)   3. Æthelberht'Magnificent Noble', King of Wessex,   b. Abt 842, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 965  (Age ~ 123 years) + 4. Æthelred I, King of Wessex,   b. Abt 844, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. Apr 871  (Age ~ 27 years)   5. Æthelswith, Queen of Mercia,   b. Abt 846, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 888  (Age ~ 42 years) + 6. Alfred (Ælfred)'the Great', King of Wessex and England,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2008 09:03:12
  Family ID	F672151951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Judith of France, Queen of Wessex,   b. Abt 843/7, France ,   d. Abt 870  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Married	1 Jul 856
  Family ID	F672151963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 806 - Aachen (Aix la Chapelle), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Died - 13 Jan 858 - England Buried - - Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Æthelwulf 9th Century Coin

  
  

• Sources

  [S25458533028] Darrin Lythgoe. [S25458533589] Dictionary of National Biography, 1st Ed., Ed: Leslie Stephen et al, (Oxford University Press, 1885 to 1900, c. 50 Vols), His own article. [S25458533684] Tim Powys-Lybbe.