Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree & Biography (fl 868)

 

Wulfthryth of Wessex was a member of the House of Wessex through her marriage to King Aethelred I.

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Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree Image
Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree in Table Form
Wulfthryth of Wessex Short Biography

 

Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree Image showing:

parents, husband and children

Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree

 

Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree in Table Form showing:

grandparents, parents, siblings, wife and children

 

GRANDPARENTS

Not known

PARENTS

Father – Not known

Mother – Not known

SIBLINGS

None known

MARRIED

King Aethelred I – (847-871)

CHILDREN

Aethelhelm – (d. 890)

Aethelwold – (d.902)

GRANDCHILDREN

None known

 

Wulfthryth of Wessex Short Biography

Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree

Wulfthryth of Wessex was the wife of King Aethelred I of Wessex. Very little is known of her life and the identity of her parents is unknown.

Wulfthryth witnessed a royal charter as qeen in 868 which is evidence that she married King Aethelred in, or before, 868. 

The couple had two children, Aethelwold and Aethelhelm. After the death of Aethelred the crown passed to Aethelred’s younger brother King Alfred the Great because the children were considered too young to rule particularly as Britain was facing repeated attacks by the Danes.

 

Published June 15, 2024 @ 1:07 pm – Updated – [last-modified]

 

Harvard Reference for Wulfthryth of Wessex Family Tree:

Heather Y Wheeler. (2024). Wuflthryth of Wessex Family Tree (fl. 88). Available: https://www.treesofblue.com/wulfthryth-of-wessex-family-tree-fl-868. Last accessed November 5th, 2024