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Biography of Æthelburg Queen of Wessex 673-740

Around 673 Æthelburg Queen of Wessex was born.

Before 722 King Ine of Wessex (age 51) and Æthelburg Queen of Wessex (age 48) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex.

722 Battle of Hehil

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 722. This year Queen Ethelburga (age 49) destroyed Taunton [Map], which [her husband] Ina (age 52) had formerly built; Ealdbert wandered a wretched exile in Surrey and Sussex; and Ina fought with the South-Saxons.

In 728 [her husband] King Ine of Wessex (age 58) died. Æthelheard King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

In 740 Æthelburg Queen of Wessex (age 67) died.