Person:Æthelburh of Wilton (1)

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Æthelburh _____, of Wilton
b.Abt 780 Kent, England
d.25 Dec 810
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  1. Egbert _____, of WessexAbt 769 & 780 - 839
  2. Æthelburh _____, of WiltonAbt 780 - 810
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Name[1] Æthelburh _____, of Wilton
Alt Name Alburga _____
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 780 Kent, EnglandCitation needed
Marriage to Wulfstan _____, Ealdorman of Wiltshire
Death[2] 25 Dec 810
Reference Number? Q4063418?


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Æthelburh or Alburga of Wilton (died 810) was the Queen of Wessex, head of Military forces in England, abbess of Wilton and an Anglo-Saxon saint.

Alburga was the daughter of Ealhmund of Kent, Subregulus of Kent, half-sister of Egbert, King of Wessex, and wife of Wulfstan, ealdorman of Wiltshire (also known as Weohstan).

On her husband's death in 802, she turned the college of secular priests which he had established in an old church in Wilton, Wiltshire, into a Benedictine convent with twelve nuns, of which she became the abbess and is held to be the founder. She died there on Christmas Day 810, and her feast is celebrated accordingly on 25 December.

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References
  1. ↑ Stanton, Richard. A Menology of England and Wales. (London: Burns & Oates, Limited, 1892)
    pp. 607-608.
  2. ↑ Æthelburh of Wilton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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