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• Hij is geboren in het jaar 795.
• (Geschiedenis) .Bron 1

  Ethelwulf, ook Æthelwulf of Edelwolv (ca. 800 - Londen, 13 januari 858) was koning van Wessex (839 - 856) en van Kent (825 - 856), Essex en Sussex. Hij was zoon van Egbert van Wessex en Redburga.
  
  In 825 veroverde hij Kent voor Wessex, en werd daar koning onder het oppergezag van zijn vader. In 839 volgde hij zijn vader op als koning van Wessex, dat in die tijd het gehele zuidelijke kustgebied van Engeland omvatte: van Cornwall tot Essex. Hij werd gekroond in Kingston upon Thames. Al snel gaf hij het bestuur over het oostelijk deel van zijn rijk aan zijn oudste zoon Ethelstan en huwt zijn nog erg jonge dochter met de koning van Mercia.
  
  Ethelwulf bereikt in 850 een akkoord over een grensgeschil met Mercia. Daarna wordt hij geconfronteerd met een inval van de Denen onder Rorik van Duurstede, die Canterbury en Londen wisten te veroveren en daarna Mercia versloegen. Ethelwulf versloeg de Denen in 851 bij Oakly of Ockly. Hij moest wel toestaan de East Anglia onder controle van de Denen bleef. Ook versloeg hij in 853, samen met Mercia, Cyngen ap Cadell van Wales.
  
  In 853 stuurde hij zijn jongste zoon Alfred, die zes jaar oud was en vermoedelijk was voorbestemd voor een geestelijk ambt, naar Rome. In 855 (vermoedelijk na het overlijden van zijn vrouw) ging hij ook zelf naar Rome en deed kostbare schenkingen aan de kerk, o.a. gouden kelken en vergulde zilveren kandelaars aan de St. Pieter en erkende ook de opperheerschappij van de paus. Na zijn terugkeer in 856 werd hij geconfronteerd door zijn zoons die tijdens zijn afwezigheid hadden geregeerd en steun hadden van de adel en de geestelijkheid. Ethelwulf koos voor onderhandelingen en er werd een compromis bereikt waarbij de macht werd gedeeld. Korte tijd later overleed hij in Londen. Ethelwulf overleed in Londen maar werd begraven in Steyning (Sussex). In de kerk daar is zijn vermoedelijke grafsteen nog te zien. Het graf werd echter verplaatst naar de Old Minster in Winchester en toen die werd afgebroken, werden zijn resten verplaatst naar de huidige kathedraal van Winchester.

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  Æthelwulf, also spelled Aethelwulf or Ethelwulf; Old English: Æþelwulf, meaning "Noble Wolf", was King of Wessex from 839 until his death in 858.[1] He is the only son who can indisputably be accredited to King Egbert of Wessex. He conquered the kingdom of Kent on behalf of his father in 825, and was sometime later made King of Kent [2] as a sub-king to Egbert. He succeeded his father as King of Wessex on Egbert's death in 839, at which time his kingdom stretched from the county of Kent in the east to Devon in the west. At the same time his eldest son Æthelstan became sub-king of Kent as a subordinate ruler.
  
  Historians give conflicting assessments of Æthelwulf. According to Richard Humble, Æthelwulf had a worrying style of Kingship. He had come to the throne of Wessex by inheritance. He proved to be intensely religious, cursed with little political sense, and with too many able and ambitious sons.[3] To Frank Stenton, "Æthelwulf seems to have been a religious and unambitious man, for whom engagement in war and politics was an unwelcome consequence of rank."[4] However, Janet Nelson thought that his reign has been under-appreciated in modern scholarship, and that he laid the foundations for Alfred's success, finding new as well as traditional answers, and coping more effectively with Scandinavian attacks than most contemporary rulers.[1] In Simon Keynes's view, "it was he, more than any other, who secured the political fortune of his people in the 9th century, and who opened up channels of communication which led through the Frankish realms and across the Alps to Rome."[5]
  Martial career
  
  The most notable and commonly used primary source is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which refers to Æthelwulf's presence at some important battles. In 840 AD, he fought at Carhampton against 35 ship companies of Danes, whose raids had increased considerably. His most notable victory came in 851 at "Acleah", possibly Ockley in Surrey or Oakley in Berkshire. Here, Æthelwulf and his son Æthelbald fought against the heathen, and according to the chronicle it was "the greatest slaughter of heathen host ever made." Around 853 AD, Æthelwulf and his son-in-law, Burgred, King of Mercia, defeated Cyngen ap Cadell of Wales and made the Welsh subject to him. The chronicle depicts more battles throughout the years, mostly against invading pirates and Danes. This was an era in European history when nations were being invaded by many different groups; there were Saracens in the south, Magyars in the east, Moors in the west, and Vikings in the north.[6] Before Æthelwulf's death, raiders had wintered over on the Isle of Sheppey, and pillaged at will in East Anglia. Over the course of the next 20 years the struggles of his sons were to be "ceaseless, heroic, and largely futile."[7]
  Family life
  
  One of the first of Æthelwulf's acts as king was to split the kingdom. He gave the eastern half, including Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex, to his eldest son Æthelstan (not to be confused with the later Athelstan the Glorious). Æthelwulf kept the ancient, western side of Wessex (Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Devon) for himself.
  
  Æthelwulf and his first wife, Osburh, had five sons and a daughter. After Æthelstan came Æthelbald, Æthelbert, Æthelred, and Alfred. Each of his sons, with the exception of Æthelstan, succeeded to the throne. Alfred, the youngest, has been praised as one of the greatest kings to ever reign in Britain. Æthelwulf's only daughter, Æthelswith, was married as a child to King Burgred of Mercia.
  Pilgrimage to Rome, marriage, conspiracy of Æthelbald, death
  
  Religion was always an important part of Æthelwulf's life. As early as the first year of his reign he planned a pilgrimage to Rome. Due to the ongoing and increasing raids he felt the need to appeal to the Christian God for help against an enemy "so agile, and numerous, and profane."[3]
  
  In 853, Æthelwulf sent his son Alfred, a child of about four years, to Rome. In 855, about a year after his wife Osburga's death, Æthelwulf followed Alfred to Rome. In Rome, he was generous with his wealth. He distributed gold to the clergy of St. Peter's and offered them chalices of the purest gold and silver-gilt candelabra of Saxon work.[8] During the return journey in 856 he married Judith, a Frankish princess and a great-granddaughter of Charlemagne. She was about 12 years old, the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of the West Franks.
  Æthelwulf's ring, depicted in Cassell's History of England, Century Edition, published circa 1902
  
  Upon their return to England in 856 Æthelwulf met with an acute crisis. His eldest surviving son Æthelbald (Athelstan had since died) had devised a conspiracy with the Ealdorman of Somerset and the Bishop of Sherborne to oppose Æthelwulf's resumption of the kingship on his return. While Æthelwulf was able to muster enough support to fight a civil war or to banish Æthelbald and his fellow conspirators, he instead chose to yield western Wessex to his son, while he himself retained central and eastern Wessex. The absence of coins in Æthelbald's name suggests that West Saxon coinage was in Æthelwulf's name until his death. He ruled there until his death on 13 January 858.
  
  That the king should have consented to treat with his rebellious son, to refer the compromise to a meeting of Saxon nobles, to moderate the pugnacity of his own supporters, and to resign the rule over the more important half of his dominions – all this testifies to the fact that Æthelwulf’s Christian spirit did not exhaust itself in the giving of lavish charities to the Church, but availed to reconcile him to the sacrifice of prestige and power in the cause of national peace.[9]
  
  Depiction of Æthelwulf by an unknown 18th century artist
  
  Æthelwulf's restoration included a special concession on behalf of Saxon queens. The West Saxons previously did not allow the queen to sit next to the king. In fact they were referred to not as a queen, but merely as the "wife of the king." This restriction was lifted for Queen Judith, probably because she was a high-ranking European princess.
  
  He was buried first at Steyning and later re-interred in the Old Minster in Winchester. His bones now rest in one of several "mortuary chests" in Winchester Cathedral.
  
  The ring depicted in the picture is about an inch across, richly decorated with religious symbols, and inscribed Æthelwulf Rex. It was found at Laverstock, Wiltshire, in 1780; it is believed to have been a gift from Æthelwulf to a loyal follower.
  Issue
  
  Æthelwulf was first married to Osburh, daughter of Oslac. They had six children, four of whom became kings of Wessex.
  Name Birth Death Notes
  Æthelstan[10] ? c. 852[11] Eldest son. Defeated a Viking fleet and army off Sandwich in 851.[11] Did not rule.
  Æthelswith ? 888 Only daughter. Married Burgred of Mercia; no issue.
  Æthelbald c. 834[12] 20 December 860 Son. Married 858, Judith of Flanders, his father's widow. Ruled 858–860.
  Æthelbert c. 835 865 Son. Ruled 860–865.
  Æthelred c. 837 23 April 871 Son. Married. Three known children. Ruled 865–871.
  Alfred c. 849 26 October 899 Son. Married 868, to Ealhswith in Winchester; six children. Ruled 871–899.
  
  Æthelwulf was married a second time to Judith of Flanders, aged about 12,[1] with whom he had no issue.

• Hij is overleden op 13 januari 858 in Londen, hij was toen 63 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Egbert van Wessex en Redburgh der Franken
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Gezin van Aethelwulf van Wessex

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Osburh van Wight.

Zij zijn getrouwd.

Kind(eren):

1. Aethelstan van Wessex  830-852
2. Aethelswith van Wessex  833-888
3. Aethelbald I van Wessex  834-860
4. Aethelred I van Wessex  837-871 
5. Alfred "De Grote" van Wessex  849-899 

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Ethelstan.

Zij zijn getrouwd

(3) Hij had een relatie met NN minnares.

De relatie startte

Kind(eren):

1. Ethelbert van Wessex  835-866

(4) Hij is getrouwd met Judith van West Francië.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 1 oktober 856 te Verberie-sur-Oise, hij was toen 61 jaar oud.Bron 3

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