Aanvankelijk begraven in Steyning, later overgebracht naar Winchester
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King Aethelwulf of Wessex & the English -
King of Wessex& the English
(Died AD 858)
Probably born at the Imperial Frankish Court in Aachen, Aethelwulf was the eldest son of King Egbert of Wessex and his wife, Redburga. He was the commander of the Wessex army which conquered Kent in AD 825 and, upon the submission of Essex, Sussex and Surrey, he became sub-King of all his father's South-Eastern lordships. Fourteen years later, he succeeded Egbert as King of All the English and his sub-kingdom was handed over to his own son, Aethelstan.
During Aethelwulf's reign, Viking incursions into Wessex stepped up a notch. Like his father, Aethelwulf was unsuccessful in battle at Carhampton, against the crews of thirty-five Viking Ships in AD 843. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, eight years later, the West Saxons "inflicted the greatest slaughter on a heathen army". They recovered their dominance in the field, first at the Battle of Aclea (thought to be Water Oakley in Berkshire) under Aethelwulf's second son, Aethelbald; and,subsequently, in a sea-battle off Sandwich, under his eldest son, Aethelstan, who died later that same year. It was probably this Viking threat which led to a newfound accord between the old enemies of Wessex and Mercia. In 853, King Burgred of Mercia asked for Aethelwulf's assistance in a campaign against the Welsh, and their alliance was sealed by his marriage to the latter's daughter, Princess Aethelswith. The long contested lands of Berkshire passed permanently into Wessex hands at thistime and were probably part of the marriage settlement.
By 855, Aethelwulf was in his fifties and feeling his age. He decided to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, possibly with the intention of retiring there like other monarchs had done before him. He left Wessex in the safe hands of his eldest surviving son, Aethelbald, and the south-east in those of his third son, Aethelbert. The old King did return home, however, stopping at the court of King Charles the Bald of the Franks on the way. The two must have talked extensively of their common troubles caused by the marauding Vikings: a bond which led agree upon a formal alliance by which Aethelwulf's married Charles's fourteen-year-old daughter, Judith. The King of Wessex even accepted the condition that his new wife be actually crowned as queen, despite this being contrary to West Saxon tradition.
Aethelbald was not overjoyed to have his father arrive back in England to reclaim his crown. Especially since he now had a young wife who might bare him more rivals to the throne. The prince had ardent supporters, particularly in Western Wessex, where Ealdorman Enwulf of Somerset and Bishop Aelfstan of Sherborne encouraged him to hold on to his position. Rejected by Wessex, Aethelwulf retired to Aethelbert's provinces in the South-East. He died in AD 858 and was buried at Steyning in Sussex (but was later removed to Winchester). By his first wife, Osburga, the daughter of a Kentish nobleman named Oslac, he had at least six children. Apart from those already mentioned, he was also survived by his younger sons, Aethelred and Alfred.
Ethelwulf van Wessex
Æthelwulf, Edelwolv
Zoon van Egbert van Wessex en Redburga
Huis: Wessex
Geboren omstreeks 800
Overleden op donderdag 13 januari 858 in Londen [Verenigd Koninkrijk] (ca. 58 jaar)
Begraven in Winchester (Berkshire) [Engeland - Verenigd Koninkrijk]
Koning van de Angel-Saxon
Koning van Wessex, Kent, Essex en Sussex (839-858)
Trouwt met
Osburga
Osburh
Overleden in 855
Beschreven als een zeer religieuze vrouw, edel van karakter en edel van geboorte.
KINDEREN van Ethelwurf en Osburga:
I. Ethelbald van Wessex
Geboren in 834
Overleden in 860 (ca. 26 jaar)
Trouwt in 858 (hij ca. 23 jr. / zij ca. 13 jr.) met zijn stiefmoeder Judith van Frankrijk
Het huwelijk wordt nietig verklaard om redenen van bloedverwantschap.
Judith was eerder gehuwd met zijn vader Ethelwurf (als tweede huwelijk)
II. Aethelred I van Wessex
Ethelred, Æthelred, Æþelræd (Edele Raadsman)
Geboren voor 849
Overleden (gesneuveld) in april 871 (ca. 34 jaar)
Koning van Wessex (858 - 871)
Overleden vlak na Pasen (15 april 871) aan verwondingen die hij op heeft gelopen tijdens de Slag bij Maron (Meretum) op 22 maart 871.
Trouwt met Wulfthryth (in 868 genoemd als Wulfthryth rgins.
(mogelijk) Dochter van Aethelred en Wulfthryth.
I. Tyra Dannebod
Geboren omstreeks 870
Overleden voor 958 in Jelling [Denemarken]
Trouwt met Gorm van Denemarken
Kind van Tyra en Gorm:
I. Harald I van Denemarken
Harald I Gormsson Blauwtand
Huis: Jelling
Geboren omstreeks 910
Overleden op maandag 1 november 986 (76 jaar)
Koning van Denemarken (958 - 986) en Noorwegen (976 - 986)
III. Alfred van Wessex
Alfred de Grote
Geboren in 849 in Wnantage (Oxfordshire) [Engeland - Verenigd Koninkrijk]
Ethelwurf trouwt (II) op donderdag 1 oktober 856 (hij ca. 55 jr. / zij ca. 12 jr.) met Judith van Frankrijk
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