The Descendants of King Ecgberht of Wessex, 769-838.


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2. King Aethelwulf of Wessex [120822] (Ecgberht of Wessex (King)1) was born about 795 in Kingdom of Wessex England, died on 13 Jan 858 in Stamridge Kingdom of Wessex England aged about 63, and was buried in Winchester Hampshire England.

Aethelwulf married Countess Judith MARTEL of Flanders [120142]. Judith was born in Oct 844 in Orleans Loiret Centre-Val de Loire France and died in Apr 870 in Auxerre Yonne Bourgogne Franche-Comté France at age 25.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of Judith,
Judith was a Carolingian princess who, by her three successive marriages, became Queen of Wessex and Countess of Flanders. The daughter of Emperor Charles the Bald, she married the elderly King Ęthelwulf of Wessex as an adolescent and was crowned queen in contravention of the custom in Wessex. After Ęthelwulf's death in 858, Judith married his son and successor, Ęthelbald. Her marriage with her stepson, considered scandalous by her contemporaries, ended with his death in 860. Queen Judith then returned to her father, only to elope in 861 or 862 with the Flemish forester Baldwin. Having thus provoked her father's wrath, Judith and Baldwin went into exile. They were reconciled with Charles in late 862, after which Baldwin was granted the march of Flanders.

Aethelwulf next married Queen Consort Osburga of Wessex [120832]. Osburga was born between 807 and 830 in Wessex England and died in 855 in Wessex England.

Children from this marriage were:

   3    i. King Athelstan of Kent [120833] was born about 820 in Wessex England and died about 854 in Kent England aged about 34.

   4    ii. King Aethelbert of Wessex, Essex & Kent [120834] was born about 835 in Wessex England and died in Oct 865 in Wessex England aged about 30.

   5    iii. King Ethelred [the Pious] of Wessex & Kent [120835] was born about 837 in Wessex England and died on 23 Apr 871 in Merton Devonshire England aged about 34.

   6    iv. Queen Athelswith of Mercia [120836] was born about 838 in Wessex England and died in 888 in Pavia Lombardy Italy aged about 50.

Athelswith married King Burgręd of Mercia [120837]. Burgręd was born about 815 in Mercia England and died about 888 in Pavia Lombardy Italy aged about 73.

+ 7    v. King Alfred [the Great] of the Anglo-Saxons & Wessex [120818] was born in 849 in Wessex [modern Wantage in Berkshire], died on 26 Oct 899 in Winchester Hampshire England at age 50, and was buried in Winchester Hampshire England.


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