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Source: WULFTHRYTH in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

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6. WULFHERE (-[869/71]). "Wulfhere dux" subscribed charters of King Æthelred I dated 862 (in which he is listed first subscriber, even before the king's brother Alfred) and 868 (two)[652]. Wulfhere was evidently a nobleman of unusual importance at King Æthelred's court: in the charter of 862 and one of the 868 charters, Wulfhere is listed first among all subscribers, in the case of the former even before the king's brother Alfred. In the second 868 charter, he is listed second among the subscribers after "Wulfthryth regina". King Æthelred I granted "Wulfhere princeps" land at Winterbourne, Wiltshire by charter dated 869[653]. Not named in any later charter, it is assumed that he died soon after. m ---. The name of Wulfhere's wife is not known. Wulfhere & his wife had [one possible child]: a) [WULFTHRYTH ([848/53]-). "Wulfthryth regina" subscribed one of the two charters of King Æthelred I dated 868[654], which suggests that she married during that year. Her birth date range is estimated from her having given birth to two known children before the death of her husband in 871. Her parentage is not known. However, the importance of Ealdorman Wulfhere's position at the court of King Æthelred I is shown by the position of his name among subscribers to the king's charters: he was first subscriber, even before the king's brother Alfred, in a charter dated 862, and second subscriber, after the queen, in a charter dated 868[655]. It is tempting therefore to speculate that Æthelred's queen was the daughter of Wulfhere, especially with the common use of the root "Wulf-" in their names. m ([868]) ÆTHELRED I King of Wessex, son of ÆTHELWULF King of Wessex & his [second] wife Osburga --- ([840]-[15/22] Apr 871, bur Wimborne Minster, Dorset).]

6. WULFHERE (-[869/71]). "Wulfhere dux" subscribed charters of King Æthelred I dated 862 (in which he is listed first subscriber, even before the king's brother Alfred) and 868 (two)[652]. Wulfhere was evidently a nobleman of unusual importance at King Æthelred's court: in the charter of 862 and one of the 868 charters, Wulfhere is listed first among all subscribers, in the case of the former even before the king's brother Alfred. In the second 868 charter, he is listed second among the subscribers after "Wulfthryth regina". King Æthelred I granted "Wulfhere princeps" land at Winterbourne, Wiltshire by charter dated 869[653]. Not named in any later charter, it is assumed that he died soon after. m ---. The name of Wulfhere's wife is not known. Wulfhere & his wife had [one possible child]:

a) [WULFTHRYTH ([848/53]-). "Wulfthryth regina" subscribed one of the two charters of King Æthelred I dated 868[654], which suggests that she married during that year. Her birth date range is estimated from her having given birth to two known children before the death of her husband in 871. Her parentage is not known. However, the importance of Ealdorman Wulfhere's position at the court of King Æthelred I is shown by the position of his name among subscribers to the king's charters: he was first subscriber, even before the king's brother Alfred, in a charter dated 862, and second subscriber, after the queen, in a charter dated 868[655]. It is tempting therefore to speculate that Æthelred's queen was the daughter of Wulfhere, especially with the common use of the root "Wulf-" in their names. m ([868]) ÆTHELRED I King of Wessex, son of ÆTHELWULF King of Wessex & his [second] wife Osburga --- ([840]-[15/22] Apr 871, bur Wimborne Minster, Dorset).]