Wulfthryth, also known as Wilfrida (died c. 1000), was the second known consort of Edgar, King of England, in the early 960s. Historians disagree whether...
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Wulfthryth may refer to Wulfthryth of Wessex (fl. 868), queen consort of Wessex Wulfthryth of Wilton (10th century), mother of Saint Edith This disambiguation...
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Wulfthryth (fl. 868) was a queen of Wessex, the wife of King Æthelred I. Little is known of Wulfthryth. She witnessed a charter of 868, in which she has...
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Wilton Abbey (section Wulfthryth era)
Saxon æt Ceolcum) which included land in Broad Chalke and Bowerchalke. Wulfthryth of Wilton, the wife (or concubine) of Edgar, King of the English (reigned...
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succeeded to the throne on Æthelberht's death in 865, and he married Wulfthryth at an unknown date. West Saxon kings' wives had a low status in the ninth...
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England (r. 959–975) and Saint Wulfthryth. Edith's parents might have been married and Edgar might have abducted Wulfthryth from Wilton Abbey, but when Edith...
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two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871, and Queen Wulfthryth. Æthelred's sons were infants when their father died in 871, and the throne...
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Werburh (d. 699) Mildrith (d. early 7th century) Walpurga (c. 710 – 779) Wulfthryth of Wilton (c. 937 – 1000) Edith of Wilton (c. 961 – 984) Cunigunde of...
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may have had political repercussions. Wulfthryth and Edith were both later regarded as saints, but Wulfthryth's cult never became widely established,...
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Their son Edward was born about 962. Since Edgar began relationships with Wulfthryth and Ælfthryth so soon afterwards, marrying Ælfthryth in 964, Cyril Hart...
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