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Æthelbald (died 860) was King of Wessex from 855 or 858 to 860. He was the second of five sons of King Æthelwulf.In 850, Æthelbald's elder brother Æthelstan defeated the Vikings in the first recorded sea battle in English history, but he is not recorded afterwards and probably died in the early 850s.
The separation of Wessex and Kent was soon reversed as Æthelbald died childless in 860 and Æthelberht succeeded to the whole kingdom of Wessex and Kent. Æthelred and Alfred may have been intended to succeed in Wessex, but they were too young as the preference was for adults as kings, especially when Wessex was under threat from the Vikings. [23]
The two main sources for the history of Wessex are the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (the latter of which drew on and adapted an early version of the List), which sometimes conflict. [3] Wessex became a Christian kingdom after Cenwalh (r. 642–645, 648–672) was baptised and was expanded under his rule.
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.
He returns to Wessex but Æthelbald retains rule of part of the kingdom. 858. 13 January – Æthelbald succeeds his father Æthelwulf as King of Wessex and marries his father's widow. 860. 20 December – Æthelbald dies and is succeeded by his brother, sub-king Æthelberht of Kent, who becomes sole ruler of Wessex. [6] 865. Autumn
There is evidence that Æthelbald had to go to war to maintain his overlordship. In 733 Æthelbald undertook an expedition against Wessex and captured the royal manor of Somerton. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also tells how when Cuthred succeeded Aethelheard to the throne of Wessex, in 740, he "boldly made war against Aethelbald, king of Mercia". [23]
6. She was also 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex from 802 and King of England from 827 to 839. 7. Aged five weeks, she was christened in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.
7th King of Wessex 625–636: Centwine d. 685 13th King of Wessex 676–685: Seaxburh d. c. 674 (11th) Queen of Wessex c. 672 – c. 674: Cenwalh d. 674 8/10th King of Wessex 642–645–648–683: sister of Penda? Penda c. 606 –655 9th King of Wessex 645–648: Eowa? Cenfus d. 674 12th King of Wessex 674: Cædwalla c. 659 –689 14th King of ...