Family: King Ęthelbald of Wessex / Judith of the Franks (F3292)
m. 858-
Father | Male
King Ęthelbald of Wessex
Born Abt 835 Died 20 Dec 860 Buried Sherborne Abbey, Dorsetshire 
Married 858 Father Ęthelwulf of Wessex | F3290 Group Sheet Mother Osburga, (consort of Wessex) | F3290 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Judith of the Franks
Born Abt 844 Died Aft 870 Buried Other Spouse Ęthelwulf of Wessex | F3291 Married Oct 856 Verberie, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France Other Spouse Baldwin I de Flandre, Count of Flanders | F1631 Married 13 Dec 862 Auxerre, Yonne, Burgundy, France Father Charles II the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor | F1681 Group Sheet Mother Ermentrude d'Orléans, Queen of the Franks | F1681 Group Sheet
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Notes Married:
- "But when King Ęthelwulf was dead (and buried at Winchester), his son Ęthelbald, contrary to God's prohibition and the dignity of a Christian, contrary also to the custom of all the heathen, ascended his father's bed, and married Judith, daughter of Charles, King of the Franks, incurring much infamy
from all who heard of it." [1]
- "But when King Ęthelwulf was dead (and buried at Winchester), his son Ęthelbald, contrary to God's prohibition and the dignity of a Christian, contrary also to the custom of all the heathen, ascended his father's bed, and married Judith, daughter of Charles, King of the Franks, incurring much infamy
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Sources - [S441] Asser's Life of King Alfred, Albert S. Cook, William Henry Stevenson, ed., (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1906 ), 11, or https://archive.org/stream/asserslifeofking00asseiala#page/10/mode/2up/search/judith .
- [S441] Asser's Life of King Alfred, Albert S. Cook, William Henry Stevenson, ed., (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1906 ), 11, or https://archive.org/stream/asserslifeofking00asseiala#page/10/mode/2up/search/judith .