What I learned about Aethelwulf was a vast variety of facts dating from his childhood to his death. Starting off with his childhood/ before king I will be listing facts about Aethelwulf of Wessex. First off was that as far as I know he was the only child born to King Egbert and Queen Raedburh. This royal man was born in 795 a.d. at Aachen. Before he was king he commanded the Wessex army when he was 30 years old and 5 years later in 830 he married the love of his life.

Then moving on to the next topic about his kingship he “became king in 839 and was crowned in Kingston-upon-Thames” (britroyals.com). In 843 just like his father he attempted to takeover Carhampton and failed to defeat the Vikings. But unlike his father eight years later in