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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.
When Æthelbald King of Wessex was born in 0834, in Wantage, Berkshire, England, his father, Æthelwulf King of Wessex, was 39 and his mother, Queen Osburh, was 24. He married Judith de France in 0858.
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The marriage was a diplomatic alliance. Both kings were suffering from Viking attacks, and for Ethelwulf the marriage had the added advantage of associating him with Carolingian prestige. In Wessex it was not customary for kings' wives to be queens, but Charles insisted that his daughter be crowned queen.
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; [1] 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother ...
Athelbald, also spelled Æthelbald or Ethelbald (c. 834 –860) was a West Saxon nobleman. In 856 he was King of Wessex while his father was in Rome. When Athelwulf returned, Athelbald refused to step down. To avoid a civil war, Athelwulf gave his son the kingdom of Wessex and became sub-king of Kent.
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Jan 21, 2015 · Find out why he refused his king (and father) into Wessex. King Aethelbald (Æthelbald or 'Noble Bold') was the eldest surviving son of Aethelwulf, and King of Wessex from 855-860. He had a short reign, and a short life, having only lived into his 20s when he died.
