Wulfthryth of Wessex in the context of "Æthelhelm"

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⭐ Core Definition: Wulfthryth of Wessex

Wulfthryth (fl. 868) was a queen of Wessex, the wife of King Æthelred I.

Little is known of Wulfthryth. She witnessed a charter of 868, in which she has the title of regina ("queen"). The charter appears in the Codex Wintoniensis, but Wulfthryth is otherwise unrecorded in primary sources. Stephanie Hollis notes that 868 was the year of Alfred the Great's marriage to a Mercian and that "Wulfthryth's name looks Mercian". Wulfthryth may be related to the Ealdorman Wulfhere who was granted land in Wiltshire by King Æthelred I in 869 and had his land confiscated for treason by King Alfred He is identified incorrectly as "Wulfhere princeps" in the 869 charter and his name appears directly below that of "Wulthryth regina".

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👉 Wulfthryth of Wessex in the context of Æthelhelm

Æthelhelm or Æþelhelm (fl. 880s) was the elder of two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871, and Queen Wulfthryth.

Æthelred's sons were infants when their father died in 871, and the throne passed to their uncle, Alfred the Great. The only certain record of Æthelhelm is as a beneficiary in Alfred's will in the mid 880s, and he probably died at some time in the next decade. Following Alfred's death in 899 Æthelhelm's younger brother Æthelwold unsuccessfully contested the succession.

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