* Æthelwulf of Elmham ( before 730 – after 781 ), also referenced as Athelwolfus ; Roman Catholic / Orthodox Bishop of Elmham ; succeeded Eanfrith and was succeeded by Alherdus

The earliest of Beorhtwulf's coins were issued in 841 – 842, and can be identified as the work of a Rochester die-cutter who also produced coins early in the reign of Æthelwulf of Wessex.

: Once King Æthelwulf was dead, Æthelbald, his son, against God's prohibition and Christian dignity, and also contrary to the practice of all pagans, took over his father's marriage-bed and married Judith, daughter of Charles, king of the Franks, incurring great disgrace from all who heard of it.

Æthelwulf, Aethelwulf, Ethelwulf or Athulf, variations of a male Anglo-Saxon name which means " Noble Wolf ", may refer to:

It was found at Laverstock, Wiltshire, in 1780 ; it is believed to have been a gift from Æthelwulf to a loyal follower.

* Æthelwulf of Selsey ( before 770 – after 816 ), Roman Catholic Bishop of Selsey who was present at synod of London in 811 and synod of Chelsea in 816 ; was preceded by Wihthun and succeeded by Cynered

* Æthelwulf of Wessex ( c. 795 – 858 ), elder son of King Egbert of Wessex ; King of Kent ( 825 ); King of Wessex, Cornwall, West Saxons and East Saxons ( 839 ); crowned at Kingston upon Thames ; father of Alfred the Great

* Æthelwulf of Berkshire ( before 825 – 871 ), Saxon Ealdorman who won 31 December 870 Battle of Englefield, but lost his life at 4 January 871 Battle of Reading ; received land grant in 843 / 44 from Brihtwulf, king of Mercia

* Adelolf, Count of Boulogne ( before 890 – 933 ), Saxon nobleman who held extensive lands and many offices in what is now north of modern France and west of Belgium ; great-grandson of King Æthelwulf of Wessex

Another Viking assault on London in 851 " put Beorhtwulf to flight ", according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ; the Vikings were subsequently defeated by Æthelwulf.

One coin combines a portrait of Beorhtwulf on the reverse side with a design used by Æthelwulf on the obverse ; this has been interpreted as indicating an alliance between the two kingdoms, but it is more likely to have been the work of a forger or an illiterate moneyer reusing the design of a coin of Æthelwulf's.

His first name, composed of the elements æðele, meaning " noble ", and ræd, meaning " counsel " or " advice ", is typical of the compound names of those who belonged to the royal House of Wessex, and it characteristically alliterates with the names of his ancestors, like Æthelwulf (" noble-wolf "), Ælfred (" elf-counsel "), Edward (" rich-protection "), and Edgar (" rich-spear ").

He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, by his first wife, Osburh.

On their return from Rome in 856, Æthelwulf was deposed by his son Æthelbald.

When King Æthelwulf died in 858, Wessex was ruled by three of Alfred's brothers in succession, Æthelbald, Æthelbert and Æthelred.

During the reign of his successor Æthelwulf, a Danish army arrived in the Thames estuary but was decisively defeated.

Æthelwulf was succeeded in turn by his four sons, the youngest being Alfred the Great.

He was the fourth son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex.

To Frank Stenton, " Æthelwulf seems to have been a religious and unambitious man, for whom engagement in war and politics was an unwelcome consequence of rank.

Here, Æthelwulf and his son Æthelbald fought against the heathen, and according to the chronicle it was " the greatest slaughter of heathen host ever made.

While Æthelwulf was able to muster enough support to fight a civil war or to banish Æthelbald and his fellow conspirators, he instead chose to yield western Wessex to his son, while he himself retained central and eastern Wessex.

Æthelwulf was first married to Osburh, daughter of Oslac.

He was the second of the five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburh.

He was the third son of Æthelwulf of Wessex and his first wife, Osburh.

But he was accepted by them and cared for like one of their own kind, and afterwards they chose him as king, from whose family descended King Æthelwulf.

Under Æthelwulf, Swithun was appointed bishop of Winchester, to which see he was consecrated by Archbishop Ceolnoth.

The genealogical preface to this manuscript, as well as the annual entry ( covering years 855 – 859 ) describing the death of Æthelwulf, both make king Egbert of Wessex the son of an Ealhmund, who was son of Eafa, grandson of Eoppa, and great-grandson of Ingild, the brother of king Ine of Wessex, and descendant of founder Cerdic, and therefore a member of the House of Wessex ( see House of Wessex family tree ).

It was possibly on the summit of Leith Hill in 851, that Æthelwulf of Wessex, father of Alfred the Great, defeated the Danes who were heading for Winchester, having sacked Canterbury and London.

Almost no coins were issued by Beorhtwulf's predecessor, Wiglaf, but a Mercian coinage was restarted by Beorhtwulf early in his reign, initially with strong similarities to the coins of Æthelwulf of Wessex, and later with independent designs.

The Vikings were defeated by Æthelwulf and his sons, Æthelstan and Æthelbald, but the economic impact appears to have been significant, as Mercian coinage in London was very limited after 851.

Egbert was succeeded by his son Æthelwulf upon his death.

The brothers had agreed that whichever of them outlived the other would inherit the personal property that King Æthelwulf had left jointly to his sons in his will.

" Around 853 AD, Æthelwulf and his son-in-law, Burgred, King of Mercia, defeated Cyngen ap Cadell of Wales and made the Welsh subject to him.

Æthelwulf returned a year later, having taken as his second wife, the Carolingian King Charles the Bald's thirteen-year-old daughter Judith.

Osburh or Osburga ( died before 856 ) was the first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of Alfred the Great.

In 855 King Æthelwulf of Wessex made a pilgrimage to Rome, and on his way back in 856 he stayed at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald.

One theory espoused by Cyril Hart and considered by Pauline Stafford makes her a noblewoman of Mercian stock, who descended from Ealdorman Æthelfrith of Mercia and his wife Æthelgyth, who may have been a daughter of ealdorman Æthelwulf and a niece of King Alfred's Mercian consort Ealhswith.

Æthelweard and Ælfweard re-appear as brothers and thegns ( ministri ) in the witness list of a spurious royal charter dated 974 This appears to be the same Æthelweard who regularly attests royal charters between 958 and 977 as the king's thegn and may have moved on to become the illustrious ealdorman of the Western Provinces and author of a Latin chronicle, in which he claimed descent from King Æthelred of Wessex ( d. 871 ), fourth son of King Æthelwulf.

The estate was known as Orceard and was given by King Æthelwulf of Wessex to Taunton's minster church in 854.

The village was named Oteriford in a Taunton charter of 854 by King Æthelwulf of Wessex.

Four days later, Æthelwulf had been joined by the main West Saxon army, led by King Æthelred and his brother, Alfred the Great.