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ETHELWULF , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:West See also:Saxons, succeeded his See also:father Ecgberht in A.D. 839. It is recorded in the Saxon See also:Chronicle for 823 that he was sent with Eahlstan, See also:bishop of See also:Sherborne, and the ealdorman Wulfheard to drive out Baldred, king of See also:Kent, which was successfully accomplished. On the See also:accession of .Ethelwulf, rEthelstan, his son or See also:brother, was made sub-king of Kent, See also:Surrey, See also:Sussex and See also:Essex. lEthelwulf's reign was chiefly occupied with struggles against the Danes. After the king's defeat 843-844, the See also:Somerset and See also:Dorset levies won a victory at the mouth of the Parret, c. 85o. In 851 Ceorl, with the men of See also:Devon, defeated the Danes at Wigganburg, and lEthelstan of Kent was victorious at See also:Sandwich, in spite of which they wintered in See also:England that See also:year for the first See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. In 851 also 1Ethelwulf and lEthelbald won their See also:great victory at Aclea, probably the See also:modern See also:Ockley. In 853 AEthelwulf subdued the See also:North Welsh, in See also:answer to the See also:appeal of See also:Burgred of See also:Mercia, and gave him his daughter lEthelswith in See also:marriage. 855 is the year of the Donation of 1Ethelwulf and of his See also:journey to See also:Rome with See also:Alfred. On his way See also:home he married See also:Judith, daughter of See also:Charles the Bald. According to See also:Asser he was compelled to. give up Wessex to his son lEthelbald on his return, and content himself with the eastern sub-See also:kingdom. He died in 858.
See Asser, See also:Life of Alfred (W. H. See also:Stevenson, 1904), 1-16; Saxon Chronicle, s.a. 823, 836, 840, 851, 853, 855. (F. G. M.
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