WESSEX, King Æthelwulf Under-king of Kent

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• Name	WESSEX, Æthelwulf
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	Under-king of Kent
  Christening	806	Wessex, Cumberland, England
  Birth	23 Aug 806	Wessex, Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  _TAG	Temple
  Burial	Jan 858	London, Middlesex, England
  Death	13 Jan 858	Stambridge, Essex, England
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  Person ID	I71647	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	WESSEX, King Egbert ,   b. 785, Essex, England Essex, Englandd. 19 Nov 838, Wessex, Cumberland, England (Age 53 years)
  Mother	WESSEX, Queen Raedburh ,   b. 788, Toulouse-le-Château, Jura, Franche-Comté, France Toulouse-le-Château, Jura, Franche-Comté, Franced. 824, Essex, England (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	Abt 804	Wessex, Cumberland, England
  Family ID	F32763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	FRANKS, Judith ,   b. Oct 844, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Orléans, Loiret, Centre, Franced. Aft 870, Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France (Age > 27 years)
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F32985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	WESSEX, Queen Osburh ,   b. Abt 810, Wessex, England Wessex, Englandd. 846, Kent, England (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	Abt 837
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Abt 830
  Children	5 sons and 1 daughter
  1. KENT, Athelstan ,   b. 838, Wantage, Berkshire, England Wantage, Berkshire, Englandd. 850, Wantage, Berkshire, England (Age 12 years) + 2. AETHELRED Ealderman ,   b. Abt 840, England Englandd. DECEASED   3. WESSEX, King Ethelbald ,   b. Abt 840, , Wantage, Berkshire, England Wantage, Berkshire, England + 4. WESSEX, King Ethelred ,   b. Abt 844, Wantage, Berkshire, England Wantage, Berkshire, Englandd. 23 Apr 871, Merton, Devonshire, England (Age 27 years)   5. MERCIA, Queen Ethelswith ,   b. Abt 846, , Wantage, Berkshire, England Wantage, Berkshire, Englandd. Abt 846, Wantage, Berkshire, England (Age 0 years) + 6. ENGLAND, King Alfred ,   b. 12 May 849, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England Wantage, Oxfordshire, Englandd. 26 Oct 901, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F32762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Ref: 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 gain the Kingdom of Kent by war, and Ethelwulf soon subdued this region and placed it under his father's rule. Like his father, Esthelwulf had to fight off the invasion of the Scandinavians. His success against them was not as great as his 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 invasion of the Norsemen encouraged the Welsh to rise against their conqueror in 853, but they were soon defeated by Ethelwulf's trusted followers. Soon afterward he defeated the Norsemen at Ockley. To celebrate his victory, Ethelwulf decided to 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 Pence. Returning to England by 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. GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Ethelwulf BIRTH: Also shown as Born probably at the Imperial Frankish Court in Aachen. BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 806 DEATH: Also shown as Died 13 Jan 857, Stamridge, England. BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England.