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EspañolÆTHELBALD OF WESSEX
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King 'Æthelbald 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 Æthelstan 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.
★ House of Wessex family tree
King 'Æthelbald 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 Æthelstan 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.
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