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Family: Ethelwulf (Aethelwulf) av Wessex / Judith av Flandern (F2515)
m. 01 Oct 0856-
Male
Ethelwulf (Aethelwulf) av Wessex
Birth Abt 0800 Wessex, England 
Death 13 Jan 0858 England Burial Aft 13 Jan 0858 Winchester Cathedral, London, England Marriage 01 Oct 0856 [1] Verberie, Oise, Picardie, Frankrike [1] Other Spouse Osburga av Isle of Wight | F2517 Marriage Bef 0829 Father Egbert (Ecgbert) av Wessex, "Egbert 3" | F2630 Group Sheet Mother Redburga (Redburh/Raedburg) av Wessex | F2630 Group Sheet
Female
Judith av Flandern
Birth Between 0843 and 0844 Roches, Frankrike Death Abt 0870 Roches, Frankrike Burial Other Spouse Ethelbald (Aethelbald) av Wessex | F2516 Marriage Aft 13 Jan 0858 Wessex, England Other Spouse Balduin (Baldwin) av Flandern, "Balduin 1" | F2499 Marriage 13 Dec 862 Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, Frankrike Father Karl (Charles) av Vest-Franken, "Karl 2" | F2087 Group Sheet Mother Irmentrud (Ermentrude) av Orleans | F2087 Group Sheet
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Notes Married:
- In 855 King Æthelwulf of Wessex made a pilgrimage to Rome, and on his way back in 856 he stayed at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald.
In July Æthelwulf became engaged to Charles's daughter, Judith, who was no more than fourteen, while Æthelwulf was about fifty years old, and on 1 October 856 they were married at Verberie in northern France. This was a childless marriage.
The marriage was a diplomatic alliance. Both men were suffering from Viking attacks, and for Æthelwulf the marriage had the advantage of associating him with Carolingian prestige. In Wessex it was not customary for kings' wives to be queens, but Charles insisted that his daughter be crowned queen.
Æthelwulfs marriage provoked a rebellion by Æthelwulf's eldest surviving son, Æthelbald, probably because he feared displacement by a higher born half brother. However father and son negotiated a compromise under which Æthelwulf received the eastern districts of the kingdom and Æthelbald the western. It is not known whether this meant that Æthelwulf took Kent and Æthelbald Wessex, or whether Wessex itself was divided.
Judith had no children by Æthelwulf, who died on 13 January 858. He was succeeded by Æthelbald, who married Judith, his step-mother, probably to enhance his status because she was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor.
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- In 855 King Æthelwulf of Wessex made a pilgrimage to Rome, and on his way back in 856 he stayed at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald.
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