3 Edith
She became a nun at Polesworth Abbey, Co. Warwick, where she later became Abbess. She died and was buried there, but the year is not recorded.
EGBERT
He died on 4 February (or after c. June), 839, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. His bones are now in one of the mortuary chests there.
He was succeeded by his son Ethelwulf.
King Ethelwulf
FATHER: Egbert, King of Wessex ( see here).
MOTHER: Redburga ( see here).
SIBLINGS: ( see here).
ETHELWULF
He was born around 795/810. He became Subregulus of Kent, Essex, Sussex and Surrey in 825 or 828, and succeeded his father as King of Wessex on 4 February, 839. He was crowned, probably that same year, at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. In 855/6, he resigned Wessex to his son Ethelbald, and confined his own authority to Kent, Sussex and Essex as Subregulus.
Ethelwulf married firstly, in c .830 (although no record exists as to where):
Osburga
She was the daughter of Oslac of Hampshire or the Isle of Wight. She died in 846 or 852/5. (Osburga has sometimes been confused by historians with St Osburga, foundress of Coventry Abbey, who died c. 1018).
Issue of marriage:
1 Athelstan (?)
Although some sources cite Athelstan as Ethelwulfs eldest son, he has almost certainly been confused with Athelstan, son of King Egbert, as the details of his life are identical. It is therefore improbable that Ethelwulf actually had a son called Athelstan.
2 King Ethelbald ( see here).
3 King Ethelbert ( see here).
4 King Ethelbert I ( see here).
5 King Alfred ( see here).
6 Ethelswitha
She married, after 2 April, 853 (or 854/5), Burgred, King of Mercia ( d .874) at the Palace of Chippenham, Wiltshire. Shortly after her widowhood in 874, she became a nun. She went on a pilgrimage to Rome in 888/9, but died in Paris on the way there. She was buried at either Pavia or Ticino in Italy.
Ethelwulf married secondly, on 1 or 15 October, 856, at Verberie sur Oise, France:
Judith
She was the daughter of Charles II, King of the Franks, by Ermentrude, daughter of Odo, Count of Orléans. She was born in c .843/4, and was crowned Queen of Wessex on her wedding day.
In 860, she married secondly her stepson, King Ethelbald ( see here), at Chester, but the marriage was annulled that same year on grounds of consanguinity. She had no issue from either of these marriages.
In c. 863, she married thirdly Baldwin I, Count of Flanders ( d.c. 879), at Auxerre, France, and had issue:
1 Charles (died young).
2 Baldwin II, Count of Flanders ( d .918), who married Elfrida of Wessex ( see here, under King Alfred), and had issue. One of their descendants was Matilda, wife of William I.
3 Rudolf, Count and Abbot of Cambrai.
4 Gunhilda, who married Wilfred I, Count of Barcelona ( d .897).
Judith died in c .870.
ETHELWULF
He died on 13 January (or late in the year), 858, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
He was succeeded by his son Ethelbald.
King Ethelbald
FATHER: Ethelwulf, King of Wessex ( see here).
MOTHER: Osburga ( see here, under King Ethelwulf ).
SIBLINGS: ( see here, under King Ethelwulf ).
ETHELBALD
He was born in c .834. He succeeded his father as King of Wessex on 13 January (or late in the year), 858, and was crowned soon afterwards at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
Ethelbald married, in 860 (although no record exists as to where):
Judith
She was his fathers widow, and the marriage was frowned upon. It was annulled that same year. There was no issue from it. (Judiths details are given under King Ethelwulf, see here).
ETHELBALD
He died on 20 December, 860, and was buried in Sherborne Abbey, Dorset.
He was succeeded by his brother Ethelbert.
King Ethelbert
FATHER: Ethelwulf, King of Wessex ( see here).
MOTHER: Osburga ( see here, under King Ethelwulf ).
SIBLINGS: ( see here, under King Ethelwulf ).
ETHELBERT
He was born in c. 836. He became Subregulus of Kent in 853 or 855, and succeeded his brother Ethelbald as King of Wessex on 20 December, 860. He was crowned soon afterwards at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
He died, unmarried and childless, in 865/6, and was buried in Sherborne Abbey, Dorset.
He was succeeded by his brother Ethelred.
Ethelred I
FATHER: Ethelwulf, King of Wessex ( see here).
MOTHER: Osburga ( see here, under King Ethelwulf ).
SIBLINGS: ( see here, under King Ethelwulf ).
ETHELRED I
He was born in c .840. He succeeded his brother Ethelbert as King of Wessex in 865/6, and was crowned shortly afterwards at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
Ethelred I married, in c .868
(although no record exists as to where):
(?) Wulfrida
Nothing is known of her origin or dates.
Issue of marriage:
1 Ethelwald
He was born in c. 868, and set himself up as King of York and Pretender to the throne of Wessex in 901, after the death of his uncle, King Alfred. He was killed defending his claims in 902/5 at the Battle of the Holm.
Ethelwald married a professed nun from Wimborne Minster, Dorset; her name is unknown.
2 Ethelhelm
He is perhaps to be identified with: