Ethelbald of Wessex

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Ethelbald
King of Wessex
Reign 856 - December 20, 860
Born 831
Wessex, England
Died December 20, 860
Buried Sherborne Abbey
Consort Judith
Father Ethelwulf
Mother Osburga

King Ethelbald of Wessex or Æþelbald (Means roughly 'Noble Bold') was the second son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex and was born in about 831 or 834. He became King of Wessex in 856 after forcing his father to abdicate. (His elder brother Athelstan had already died.) He was crowned at Kingston upon Thames and married his widowed stepmother, Judith. The marriage was annulled on the grounds of consanguinity. He died in 860 and was buried at Sherborne in Dorset.

Preceded by
Ethelwulf
Kent also ruled by Athelstan		 King of Wessex
856–860		 Succeeded by
Ethelbert
King of Kent
856–860


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