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Æthelburg of Wessex

Anglo-Saxon royal consort · Lived 673 to 740 · aged 67

Æthelburg 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 in an attempt to find the rebel Ealdbert.

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Lived 673 to 740 · aged 67