Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameAethelbald , King of England 
Birthabt 825
Death20 Dec 860, Sherbourne in Dorset
BurialSherborne Abbey, Dorset
FatherÆthelwulf King of Wessex (~795-858)
MotherOsburh Queen of Wessex
Spouses
Birthabt 844
FatherEmperor Charles II "the Bald" of the Franks (823-877)
MotherErmentrude D'orleans (825-869)
Marriage860
Annulment
Notes for Aethelbald , King of England
AEthelbald, King of England
Father: , AEthelwulf, King of England, b. ABT 800
Married 860 ANNULMENT to , Judith, Princess [his 16 year old stepmother]
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531After the death of his father two years later, Ethelbald foolishly made himself highly unpopular with the church by scandalously marrying his sixteen year old step-mother, Judith of France. The relationship was deemed incestuous and in direct contravention of church law. Her outraged father, Charles the Bald, King of France, intervened and forced his errant daughter into a nunnery. The much married Judith later eloped with Baldwin, Count of Flanders, making her the ancestress of another Queen of England, Matilda of Flanders, the consort of England's first Norman King, William the Conqueror.
Despite the scandal with his step-mother, Ethelbald made a popular king. He died at Sherbourne in Dorset on 20 December, 860, aged around 35, after a four year reign. He seems to have been greatly mourned by his people, although Bishop Asser describes him as being "headstrong and arbitrary" It should be remembered, however, that he evoked the censure of the church through his uncanonical marriage, making Asser's opinion of the King a highly biased one.
Father: , AEthelwulf, King of England, b. ABT 800
Married 860 ANNULMENT to , Judith, Princess [his 16 year old stepmother]
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531After the death of his father two years later, Ethelbald foolishly made himself highly unpopular with the church by scandalously marrying his sixteen year old step-mother, Judith of France. The relationship was deemed incestuous and in direct contravention of church law. Her outraged father, Charles the Bald, King of France, intervened and forced his errant daughter into a nunnery. The much married Judith later eloped with Baldwin, Count of Flanders, making her the ancestress of another Queen of England, Matilda of Flanders, the consort of England's first Norman King, William the Conqueror.
Despite the scandal with his step-mother, Ethelbald made a popular king. He died at Sherbourne in Dorset on 20 December, 860, aged around 35, after a four year reign. He seems to have been greatly mourned by his people, although Bishop Asser describes him as being "headstrong and arbitrary" It should be remembered, however, that he evoked the censure of the church through his uncanonical marriage, making Asser's opinion of the King a highly biased one.
Notes for Judith (Spouse 1)
Married 1 OCT 856, Verberie sur Oise, France to , AEthelwulf, King of England