Æthelbald, King of Wessex
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title:
Æthelbald, King of Wessex
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Æthelbald was King of Wessex from 855 or 858 to 860. He was the second of five sons of King Æthelwulf. In 850, Æthelbald's elder brother Æthelstan defeated the Vikings in the first recorded sea battle in English history, but he is not recorded afterwards and probably died in the early 850s. The next year Æthelwulf and Æthelbald inflicted another defeat on the Vikings at the Battle of Aclea. In 855, Æthelwulf went on pilgrimage to Rome and appointed Æthelbald King of Wessex, while Æthelberht, the
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Ninth century King of Wessex
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald,_King_of_Wessex
date created:
2002-04-10T14:44:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:38:38Z
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