AEthelwulf, King of England

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Born: ABT  800
Acceded: 4  FEB 839, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Died: 13 JAN  858
Interred:  Winchester Cathedral, London, England
Notes:

Reigned 839-856 (abdicated). Under-king of Kent 825-839 and    856-858.
Renown for his military prowess, he reputedly defeated 350 viking    ships (851).
He reduced taxation, endowed the Church, made lay lands    inheritable, and
provided systems of poor relief.

Father: , Ecgbert  III of Wessex, King of Wessex, b. ABT 775

Mother: ,  Redburga

Married CIR 830 Divorce 853 to ,  Osburga

Child 1:  ,  Athelstan, King of Kent
Child 2: ,  AEthelbald, King of England, b. ABT 834
Child 3: ,  AEthelbert, King of England, b. ABT 836
Child 4: , AEthelred  I, King of England, b. CIR 840
Child 5: , Alfred the  Great, King West Saxons, b. 849
Child 6: ,  AEthelswyth, Nun

Married 1 OCT 856, Verberie sur Oise, France to , Judith,  Princess

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