A Family Genealogy of
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Æthelhelm WESSEX #77066
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Personal Information
- DEATH: ABT 890
Notes
Æthelhelm or Æþelhelm was the elder of two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871, and Queen Wulfthryth.
Will of Alfred the Great, AD 873-888, granting land to Æthelhelm (11th-century copy, British Library Stowe MS 944, ff. 29v-33r).
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.
Will of Alfred the Great, AD 873-888, granting land to Æthelhelm (11th-century copy, British Library Stowe MS 944, ff. 29v-33r).
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.
Parents
Father: Æthelred I WESSEX #50558
Mother: Wulfthryth of MERCIA #77065
_Egbert WESSEX _______+
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_Æthelwulf WESSEX ___|
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| |_Redburga of FRANCIA _
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_Æthelred I WESSEX ___|
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| |_Osburh OSLACSDOTTER _|
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|--Æthelhelm WESSEX
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