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Wulfthryth (of Wessex)240 died date unknown. She married Æthelred I of Wessex, son of Aethelwulf (Æthelwulf)of England, of Wessex and Osburgh Osburg of Hampshire (of Wessex).

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 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Wulfthryth (of Wessex) and Æthelred I of Wessex:
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Æthelred I of Wessex1,2
M, b. circa 843, d. 23 April 871, #5169

Father Æthelwulf of Wessex1,3 b. between 794 and 800, d. 13 January 85 8
Mother Osburh (?)1 b. circa 810, d. after 876
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Hume* ETHELBERT was succeeded by his brother Ethered,866. who, though h e defended himself with bravery, enjoyed, during his whole reign, no tr anquillity from those Danish irruptions. His younger brother, Alfred, s econded him in all his enterprizes; and generously sacrificed to the pu blic good all resentment, which he might entertain, on account of his b eing excluded by Ethered from a large patrimony, which had been left hi m by his father.
The first landing of the Danes in the reign of Ethered was among the Ea st-Angles, who, more anxious for their present safety than for the comm on interest, entered into a separate treaty with the enemy; and furnish ed them with horses, which enabled them to make an irruption by land in to the kingdom of Northumberland. They there seized the city of York; a nd defended it against Osbricht and Aella, two Northumbrian princes, wh o perished in the assault.e Encouraged by these successes, and by the s uperiority, which they had acquired in arms, they now ventured, under t he command of Hinguar and Hubba, to leave the sea-coast, and penetratin g into Mercia, they took up their winter-quarters at Nottingham, where t hey threatened the kingdom with a final subjection. The Mercians, in th is extremity, applied to Ethered for succour; and that prince, with his b rother, Alfred, conducting a great army to Nottingham,870. obliged the e nemy to dislodge, and to retreat into Northumberland. Their restless di sposition, and their avidity for plunder, allowed them not to remain lo ng in those quarters: They broke into East-Anglia, defeated and took pr isoner, Edmund, the king of that country, whom they afterwards murdered i n cool blood; and committing the most barbarous ravages on the people, p articularly on the monasteries, they gave the East-Angles cause to regr et the temporary relief, which they had obtained, by assisting the comm on enemy.
The next station of the Danes was at Reading;871. whence they infested t he neighbouring country by their incursions. The Mercians, desirous of s haking off their dependance on Ethered, refused to join him with their f orces; and that prince, attended by Alfred, was obliged to march agains t the enemy, with the West Saxons alone, his hereditary subjects. The D anes, being defeated in an action, shut themselves up in their garrison ; but quickly making thence an irruption, they routed the West-Saxons, a nd obliged them to raise the siege. An action soon after ensued at Asto n, in Berkshire, where the English, in the beginning of the day, were i n danger of a total defeat. Alfred, advancing with one division of the a rmy, was surrounded by the enemy in disadvantageous ground; and Ethered , who was at that time hearing mass, refused to march to his assistance , till prayers should be finished.f But as he afterwards obtained the v ictory, this success, not the danger of Alfred, was ascribed by the mon ks to the piety of that monarch. This battle of Aston did not terminate t he war: Another battle was a little after fought at Basing; where the D anes were more successful; and being reinforced by a new army from thei r own country, they became every day more terrible to the English. Amid st these confusions, Ethered died of a wound, which he had received in a n action with the Danes; and left the inheritance of his cares and misf ortunes, rather than of his grandeur, to his brother, Alfred, who was n ow twenty-two years of age.
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Birth* Æthelred I of Wessex was born circa 843.1
Marriage* He married Wulfthryth (?).1
Death* He died on 23 April 871 at Horton, Wiltshire, England.1
Burial* He was buried at Wimborne Minster.1

Family Wulfthryth (?)
Children

1. Elgiva (?)
2. Æthelhelm (?) b. c 859, d. c 898


Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations

1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1B-15.
3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1B-14.
4. [S337] David Hume, History of England.


source:
http://gordonbanks.com/gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p104.htm#i5169

added:
08feb2006

Children of Wulfthryth (of Wessex) and Æthelred I of Wessex are:
  1. +Elgiva (AElfgifu) of Wessex, b. Abt. 997, Wessex, England240, d. date unknown, Y240.
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