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Æthelbald (died 860) was King of Wessex from 855 or 858 to 860. He was the second of five sons of King Æthelwulf.In 850, Æthelbald's elder brother Æthelstan defeated the Vikings in the first recorded sea battle in English history, but he is not recorded afterwards and probably died in the early 850s.
Aethelbald (died 860) was the 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.
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Aethelbald (died 757, Seckington, Eng.) was the king of the Mercians from 716, who became the chief king of a confederation including all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms between the River Humber and the English Channel. His predominance was made possible by the death of the strong king Wihtred of Kent (725) and the abdication of Ine of Wessex (726).
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Aethelbald (died 860) was the 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.
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Æthelbald, king of Wessex (855-8 [subking], 858-60) ([858, marries stepmother Judith) Æthelbald, king of the West Saxons (d. 860), was second of five sons of King Æthelwulf and of Osburh, who was the daughter of one of Æthelwulf's officials and herself descended from the West Saxon royal line.
Æthelwold ætheling. England in the late ninth century. Æthelwold ( / ˈæθəlwoʊld /) or Æthelwald (died 13 December 902) was the younger of two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871. Æthelwold and his brother Æthelhelm were still infants when their father the king died while fighting a Danish Viking invasion.
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Aethelbald of Wessex (reigned 855-860) Aethelbald was the second son of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex. We know little about his early life, but by the 840s his name was appearing as a witness to his father's charters. In AD 850 he was raised to the rank of ealdorman. In 855 Aethelwulf went on a pilgrimage to Rome, and Aethelbald was named regent ...
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