Richard and Charlotte Allen Cosby Ancestry » Ethelwulf King of Wessex (± 806-857)

Personal data Ethelwulf King of Wessex 

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Household of Ethelwulf King of Wessex

(1) He is married to Judith France.

They got married at Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.


(2) He is married to Osburga of the Isle of Wight,.

They got married at Wessex, England.

They got married at England.

They got married in the year 830 at Wessex, England.Source 7

They got married at England.

They got married in the year 830 at Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.

They got married about 830.Sources 1, 7

They got married about 830 at 1st wife.Source 5


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Notes about Ethelwulf King of Wessex

ETHELWULF 839-858 Ethelwulf was the son of King Egbert and had previously ruled Kent and adjoining minor kingdoms. He continued wars against the Danes and had a victory at the mouth of the river et? [Bristol Channel] in Somerset in 845 and again in 851 when he beat a force of 350 ships' companies who attacked Canterbury. Ethelwulf helped the Mercians against the Welsh and then married the Mercian king's daughter. He was a religious man and in 855 undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, leaving the country in charge of Ethelbald his eldest son. On his return, to avoid civil war, he allowed Ethelbald to retain Wessex while he ruled Kent and other territories of SE England. Events abroad during Ethelwulf's reign included the Treaty of Verdun in 843, which divided the Frankish Empire and laid the foundation for the states of France and Germany. In 844 Kenneth MacAlpine united Scotland. In the 850's the crossbow was used for the first time in France. Ethelwulf died on Thursday 13th January 858 and is buried at Winchester. At this time our island was known by it's old Greek name, Albion, by the rest of Europe. The name England was not used until two centuries lateo spelled ETHELWULF (d. 858), 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.h coast. In 851 he scored a major victory over a large Danish army at a place called Aclea in Surrey. Aethelwulf then married his daughter to the Mercian king Burgred (853), and in 856 he himself married the daughter of Charles II the Bald, king of the West Franks. Aethelwulf was deposed by a rival faction upon his return from a pilgrimage to Rome in 856, but he continued to rule Kent and several other eastern provinces until his death. In addition to Alfred the Great (ruled 871-899), three of Aethelwulf's other sons became kings of Wessex. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

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Sources

  1. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting
    Birth date: 806 Birth place: Wessex, England Death date: 13 Jan 857 Death place: North Dakota, England
  2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Source number: 3513.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Submitter Code: WTF
  3. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=28696621&pid=444
  4. Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Family History Library ADR1 35 N West Temple Street ADR2 Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
  5. The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968, 21
    no date, 1st wife
  6. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting
  7. Edra Traeger Hayes, his cousin who lives in Porterville, Tulare Co., CA
    Date of Import: Jan 5, 2003

Historical events

Christening day June 20, 1911

  • The temperature on June 20, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
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