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Ethelwulf

/ ˈɛθəlˌwʊlf; ˈæθəlˌwʊlf /

noun

  1. Ethelwulf858MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler died 858 ad , king of Wessex (839–858)


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Judith was Ethelwulf's wife for about two years, and on the death of her husband she married his son Ethelbert.

Ethelwulf, son of Egbert, sometimes styled the first king of England, died.

Ethelwulf came in the middle of the ninth century, and with him came his son Alfred.

Under the reign of Ethelwulf the city is plundered by the stormy sea-kings and their fearless followers.

In the rings of King Ethelwulf and his daughter, certain symmetrically-placed portions of the design are not filled with niello.

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