King Ethelbald WESSEX
- Born: Abt 840, Wantage, Wessex, Berkshire, England
- Died: Abt 860
 Another name for Ethelbald was Aethelbald.
Ancestral File Number: FLGQ-JW.
General Notes:
King of WESSEX Reigned 856/858-860.
BOOKS
Kings and Queens of Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Aethewulf, Son of Ecgbert King of West Saxons, King of Wessex 839- Deposed 856, Died 858, Mar =2 Judith Daughter of Charles II The Bald King of France =ii Aethelbald...Aethelbald King of Wessex 856-860, Mar (2)Judith his stepmother =iii Baldwin I Count of Flanders, Died 860."
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...
"...For the short remainder of his reign [Ethelwulf in 856] contented himself with the government of the eastern provinces, allowing his eldest son, Ethelbald, to rule in Wessex proper. Ethelwulf died in 858...
"King Ethelbald survived his father only two and a half years (858-860)."
The Wall Chart of World History, Edward Hull, 1988, Studio Editions, England 857: "Ethelbald, son of Ethelwolf, King of England 857-860..."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.11 FLGQ-JW Ethelbald King of WESSEX Born Abt 840 Wantage Berkshire England.
Marriage Information:
Ethelbald married Queen Judith West Franks WESSEX, daughter of King Charles FRANCE, II and Queen Ermentrude WEST FRANKS. (Queen Judith West Franks WESSEX was born in 844 in , , France and died after 870.)
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