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Aethelwulf (died 858) was an Anglo-Saxon king in England, the father of King Alfred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons from 839 to 856, he allied his kingdom of Wessex with Mercia and thereby withstood invasions by Danish Vikings. The son of the great West Saxon king Egbert (ruled 802–839), Aethelwulf ascended the throne four years after ...
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Æthelwulf ( Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; [1] Old English for "Noble Wolf"; [2] died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. [a] In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he ...
Nov 20, 2018 · Aethelwulf (r. 839-858 CE) was King of Wessex, a region in modern-day Britain, son and successor to Egbert of Wessex (r. 802-839 CE) who had unified and expanded his kingdom with Aethelwulf's assistance. Aethelwulf fought at the Battle of Ellandun in 825 CE, defeating the Kingdom of Mercia and taking significant territories which he then ruled ...
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May 3, 2023 · Aethelwulf was the son of King Egbert, who reigned as the King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His mother’s name, along with the year of his birth, has been lost to history. Some sources say that Aethelwulf was born in the German city of Aachen, but there’s no evidence to suggest that’s true. His father had made him a sub-king ...
Feb 23, 2022 · The father of Alfred the Great, King Aethelwulf (‘Noble Wolf’) was King of Wessex from 839-858. Aethelwulf allied with Mercia against the many Viking invasions…. In 839 Aethelwulf became King of Wessex and inherited the throne from his father Egbert. Egbert passed on not only a title but the responsibility of numerous territories spanning ...
Dec 1, 2019 · King Aethelwulf of Wessex was the son of King Egbert and the father of Alfred the Great. In 851, he won the battle of Oakley and defeated the Danish. Around the same time, his oldest son, Aethelstan, defeated a Viking fleet off the coast of Kent. Both victories were significant to English history.
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Jul 29, 2019 · Filled with generations of kings who ruled over several small kingdoms, the England of this age was a land of strife, ambition, and the rattling of swords. But one man stood out – a king of Wessex – as a pious, calculated leader, and a father of legendary figures. He was called Aethelwulf – the Noble Wolf – and today’s story is all ...
