Search results
Mother. Osburh. Æthelberht ( Old English: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf by his first wife, Osburh. Æthelberht was first recorded as a witness to a charter in 854. The following year Æthelwulf went on pilgrimage to Rome ...
- autumn 865
- Æthelbald
- 860–865
- Æthelred I
Aethelred I (died April 871) was the king of Wessex and of Kent (865/866–871), son of Aethelwulf of Wessex. By his father’s will he should have succeeded to Wessex on the death of his eldest brother Aethelbald (d. 860). He seems, however, to have stood aside in favour of his brother Aethelberht, king of Kent, to whose joint kingdoms he ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 26, 2022 · Æthelberht or Ethelbert (Old English: Æþelberht, meaning "Magnificent Noble") was the King of Wessex from 860 to 865. He was the third son of Æthelwulf of Wessex and his first wife, Osburga. In 855 he became under-king of Kent while his father, Æthelwulf, visited Rome. His brother Æthelbald was left in charge of the West Saxons.
23rd King of Wessex 858–860: Æthelberht c. 835 –865 24th King of Wessex 860–865: Æthelred I c. 847 –871 25th King of Wessex 865–871: Alfred the Great c ...
Æthelberht ( / ˈæθəlbərt /; also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; Old English: Æðelberht [ˈæðelberˠxt]; c. 550 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over ...
People also ask
Who was the king of Wessex?
Who was Aethelberht and what did he do?
Did Aethelberht have a king?
Who was King Ethelbert?
Aethelberht I (died Feb. 24, 616 or 618) was the king of Kent (560–616) who issued the first extant code of Anglo-Saxon laws. Reflecting some continental influence, the code established the legal position of the clergy and instituted many secular regulations. Aethelberht’s marriage to Bertha (or Berhta), daughter of Charibert, king of Paris ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Æthelberht was the third son of Æthelwulf of Wessex [1] and Osburh. [2] From 855 to 860 he was sub-king of "Kent", which included Surrey, Sussex and part of Essex. [2] [3] In 860 he succeeded to the kingdom of Wessex on the death of his brother Æthelbald. [3] [4] He incorporated the kingdom of Kent fully into Wessex: [4] he did not appoint a ...
Searches related to Æthelberht, King of Wessex
