King Ethelbert WESSEX
- Born: Abt 842, Wantage, Wessex, Berkshire, England
- Died: Abt 865-866
 Other names for Ethelbert were WESSEX King and Aethelbert.
Ancestral File Number: FLGQ-K3.
General Notes:
King WESSEX.
BOOKS
Kings and Queens of Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Aethelbert, Son of Aethelwulf King of Wessex, Sub King of Kent 860-866, Died 866."
Roman Britain and EarlyEngland 55BC-AD871, Peter H Blair, 1963, Norton Library History of England, p274: "Appendix A, Table of Dates...865 Great Danish army lands in East Anglia..."
The Formation of England 550-1042, HPR Finberg, 1974, Paladin, p122-123: "...Of more immediate practical consequence was the family compact by which Ethelwulf bound his four sons. The details are complex and ambiguous, but the brothers apparently agreed that whichever of them lived the longest should suc- ceed to the undivided inheritance, thus excluding from the kingship any children the others might leave. In the event that only one of Ethelwulf's grandsons lived to dispute this arrangement, which ensured that the estate of the royal house should not be dissipated by division among the coheirs, and that future kings of Wessex should dispose of ample resources in land and money, enabling them to reward their trusty thegns and to surround the monarch with unprecedented splendour...
"...The next brother, Ethelbert, reigned from 860 to 865..."
The Wall Chart of World History, Edward Hull, 1988, Studio Editions, England 857: "Ethelbert, brother of Ethelbald, King of England 860-866..."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 FLGQ-K3 Ethelbert King of WESSEX BornAbt 842 Wantage Berkshire England.
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