Æthelwulf

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King Æthelwulf - the father of King Alfred and the conqueror of Viking Northumbria.

From BBC • May 17, 2019

If you were Æthelwulf, the King of Wessex in the ninth century, you saw your sons, basically, as a chance to riff on the splendor of your own appellation.

From The New Yorker • May 9, 2019

But Æthelwulf did not die for a little time after, and took Alfred for a second visit to Rome.

From Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days by Hickey, Emily

First, alderman Æthelwulf fought the Danes at Englefield, and beat them.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Wulf appears as the first half in Wulfstan, Wulfric, Wulfred, and Wulfhere; while it forms the second half in Æthelwulf, Eadwulf, Ealdwulf, and Cenwulf.

From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant