Æthelbald of Wessex

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Æthelbald
King of Wessex
Reign 856 - December 20, 860
Born 834
Birthplace Wessex, England
Died December 20, 860
Place of death Wessex
Buried Sherborne Abbey
Consort Judith
Father Ethelwulf
Mother Osburga

King Æthelbald of Wessex or Ethelbald (Old English Æþelbald) (Means roughly 'Noble Bold') was the second of the five sons of King Ethelwulf of Wessex and Osburga and was born in about 831 or 834[source?].