Æthelburg of Wessex

Æthelburg
Consort of the King of Wessex
Tenurec. 688–726
Bornc. 673
Diedc. 740 (aged 66–67)
Rome
SpouseIne of Wessex

Æthelburg (also Æthelburh or Ethelburga) (ca. 673–740) was Queen of Wessex by marriage to King Ine of Wessex. Perhaps most famed for her act in 722, when she destroyed the stronghold of Taunton (which had been built by Ine) in an attempt to find the rebel Ealdbert.

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