Ethelbert of Wessex

Holy Right-⁠believing Ethelbert of Wessex was king of Wessex from 860 to 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf by his first wife, Osburh. When his father went on pilgrimage to Rome in 855 he was made king of the newly conquered territory of Kent; after the death of his elder brother Æthelbald in 860 he united Wessex and Kent. He lived in good understanding with his younger brothers, the future kings Æthelred and Alfred the Great. The kingdom was attacked by Viking raids, but these were minor compared with the invasions after his death. He died in the autumn of 865 and was buried beside his brother Æthelbald at Sherborne in Dorset. The English Orthodox calendar remembers him on 23 April in the old style.