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Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; [1] Old English for "Noble Wolf"; [2] died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. [a] In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber.
Æthelwulf [a] was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Selsey.. Æthelwulf was in office in AD811, as he was present at the synod of London in that year. [b] He was still active in 816 when he attended the synod of Chelsea. [2]
The word means æthel "noble". [1] [2]It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, both masculine and feminine, e.g. Æthelhard, Æthelred, Æthelwulf; Æthelburg, Æthelflæd, Æthelthryth ().
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Æthelwulf of Berkshire (before 825 – 4 January, 871) was a Saxon ealdorman.In 860 he and other men of Berkshire fought off a band of pirates near Winchester, Hampshire. [1]
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Æthelwulf (died 858) was King of Wessex from 839 until his death.. Æthelwulf may also refer to: . Æthelwulf, or Adulf (died c. 680), Anglo-Saxon cleric and saint; Æthelwulf of Elmham (died after 781), Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Elmham