Monthly Archive: April 2022

Egbert: Wessex Rises to Power

Egbert: also spelled Ecgberht, or Ecgbryht, birth 771/crowned King of Wessex, 802 at age 29; also crowned King of Kent, 825 at age 54/death approximately 839 at age 68/spouse, name unknownHouse: Historians do not agree...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Æthelwulf: Fighter Against the Vikings

Æthelwulf: birth c. 795/crowned King of Wessex, 839 at age 44/death 858 at age 63/spouse, Osburh married in 830 and Judith of Flanders married in 856House: Wessex/Father, Egbert, King of Wessex/Mother, name unknownChildren: Æthelstan, King...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Æthelbald: Wessex Continues to Rule

Æthelbald: birth 834/crowned King of Wessex, 855 at age 21/death 860 at age 26/spouse, Judith of Flanders, married in 858House: Wessex/Father, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex/Mother, OsburhChildren: none recordedReign: 855-860 Source: Historic UK: King Aethelbald Æthelbald’s...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Æthelberht of Wessex and the Vikings

Æthelberht also spelled Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert: birth c. 835/crowned King of Wessex, 860 at age 25/death 865 at age 30/spouse, never marriedHouse: Wessex/Father, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex/Mother, OsburhChildren: Two sons, Aldhelm, ÆthelweardReign: 860...