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'King Ethelbert' or ''Æþelberht'' of Wessex (meaning "Magnificent Noble") was the third son of Ethelwulf of Wessex and was born around 835. He succeeded his brother, Ethelbald of Wessex, as King of Wessex in 860, but died without issue in 865.^[1] Like his father and brother he was also crowned at Kingston upon Thames. His reign saw a Danish plundering of Kent and raids in Northumbria, both led by Ragnar Lodbrok. They had also penetrated as far as Winchester in Ethelbert's early reign. He was buried at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset.
He was also King of Kent and issued charters under the style of King of the West Saxons and the Kentishmen [1] [2]
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★ House of Wessex family tree

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1. Barbara Yorke, ''Kings and Kingship in Early Anglo-Saxon England'' (London: Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-927-8), pp. 148–158 & p. 133, table 15.

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★ List of monarchs of Kent

★ Chronology of Kentish Kings