Aethelwulf [Cerdic] of WESSEX, King of Essex, Sussex & Kent (839-58),^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

800 - 858  (58 years)

• Name	Aethelwulf [Cerdic] of WESSEX
  Suffix	King of Essex, Sussex & Kent (839-58),
  Birth	800	Wessex, England, Great Britain
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jan 858	Warfield, Berkshire, England, Great Britain
  Burial	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England, Great Britain
  Person ID	I27557	Coombs
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Judith der Franken KAROLINGEN, Princess,   b. Abt 844, France d. 870 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 856
  Family ID	F9692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Osburga of WIGHT, Princess,   b. 811, Wessex, England, Great Britain d. Aft 876, (856) (Age > 66 years)
  Marriage	Abt 840
  Children	1. Aethelstan of ENGLAND, King of Kent, Essex, and Sussex,   b. Abt 838, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain d. Abt 850 (Age 12 years)   2. King of Wessex/England Aethelbald of WESSEX, King of Wessex, King of England,   b. 834, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain d. 22 Dec 860 (Age 26 years)   3. Ethelbert of WESSEX, Sub King of Kent,   b. Abt 842, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain d. Abt 866 (Age 24 years)   4. Aethelred I of WESSEX, King of Wessex,   b. 840, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain d. Apr 871, Merton, Devon, England (Age 31 years)   5. Queen of Mercia Aethelswyth of WESSEX, Princess,   b. 843, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain d. 888, (908) (Age 45 years)   6. King of Kent/England Aethelbert Of ENGLAND,   b. Bef 846   d. 866 (Age > 20 years)   7. Judith of WESSEX, Princess,   b. 847, Wessex, England, Great Britain d. Abt 910 (Age 63 years)   8. Alfred I 'the great' of WESSEX, King of England, 871-899,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England, Great Britain (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F9698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Profession : Roi de Wessex & de Kent de 839 à 858. King of Essex and Kent, King of England, 839-858 euweb.dir\cerdic1.html B1. Ethelwulf, King of Wessex (839-855)+(857-858), King of Essex, Sussex & Kent (839-58), *ca 795/810, +13.1.858, bur Winchester Cathedral; 1m: ca 830 Osburga (+852/5), dau.of Oslac of Hampshire or the Isle of Wight; 2m: Verberie-sur-Oise, France 1/15.10.856 Judith of Franks (*843/444, +after 870); all issue from 1m: ======================================== royal_lineage.ged Ethelwulf, King of the West Saxons, succeeded his father, Egbert, in A.D. 839. Aelthelwulf's reign was chiefly occupied with struggles against the Danes. After the king's defeat 843-844, the Somerset and Dorset levies won a victory at the mouth of the Parret (c. 850). In 851 Ceorl, with the men of Devon, defeated the Danes at Wigganburg, and Aethelstan of Kent was victorious at Sandwich; despite this the Danes wintered in England that year for the first time. In 851 also Aethelwulf and Aethelbald won their great victory at Aclea, probably the modern Ockley. In 853 Aelthelwulf subdued the North Welsh, in answer to the appeal of Burgred of Mercia, and gave him his daughter Ethelswith in marriage. The year 855 is the date of the Donation of Aethelwulf and of his journey to Rome with Alfred. On his way home he married Judith, daughter of Charles the Bold. According to Aser he was compelled to give up Wessex to his son Aethelbald on his return, and content himself with the eartern under-kingdom. He died in 858.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] royal_lineage.ged, June 2006. [S33] http://vandermerwede.net/. [S13] bright.ged. [S23] AUREJAC.GED.