Judith (c. 844–870), also called Judith Martel, was the wife of Ethelwulf of Wessex and Ethelbald of Wessex. Events Succession of Pope Sergius II (844 - 847). ... Events February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople. ... Ethelwulf or Æþelvvulf was the elder son of King Egbert of Wessex. ... King Ethelbald of Wessex or Æþelbald was the eldest son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex and was born in about 834. ...

Judith was born probably in October of 844, the daughter of Charles the Bald, king of the Franks, and Ermentrude. She was forced by her father to marry Æthelwulf, King of Wessex on October 1, 856 at Verberie sur Oise, France; when he was 51, and she was 12. Charles the Bald - Detail from a painting in the First Bible of Charles the Bald, painted ca. ... Hi my name is Bob what is yours dear lady. ... Ermentrude (Hirmentrude, Irmintrud). ... Ethelwulf or Æþelvvulf was the elder son of King Egbert of Wessex. ... Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Events Ethelbald usurps the throne of Wessex from his father Ethelwulf Earthquake in Corinth, Greece, kills an estimated 45,000 Bardas becomes regent for the Byzantine Emperor Michael III Ordono I of Asturias said to have begun the repopulation of the town of León Births Deaths February 4 - Rabanus...

After Æthelwulf's death on January 13, 858, she was married to his son, Æethelbald, sometime after February 858. Æethelbald was 24 and she was then 13. Before Æethelbald's death, the marriage was annulled (in 860), and she was confined at Senlis. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Patriarch Ignatius is imprisoned and (December 25) deposed to be succeeded by patriarch Photius I. Louis the German invades West Francia, hoping to secure Aquitaine from his brother Charles the Bald, but fails. ... Events First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians). ...

She eloped with Baldwin I, Count of Flanders, in January 862. He was 23, she was 18. They were probably married at the monastery of Senlis before they eloped. They hid until October, when they went to her uncle Lothair for protection. From there they fled to Pope Nicholas I for protection. They were then officially married at Auxerre. Baldwin I of Flanders (died 879), known as Iron Arm, was the first count of Flanders. ... Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming), French: Flandre(s), (flamand, flamand), German: Flandern, (flämisch, Flame) has two main designations: a constituent community of the federal Belgian state through its social and political organisations, and through the institutions of the Flemish Community (with its own Flemish government and Flemish... Events Rurik gained control of Novgorod. ... Lothair I Lothair I (795 – March 2, 855), Holy Roman Emperor, was the eldest son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his wife Irmengarde (Ermengarde), daughter of Ingramm (Ingerman), the Duke of Hesbaye. ... Nicholas I,(Rome c. ... Auxerre is a commune in the Burgundy (French Bourgogne) région of France, between Paris and Dijon. ...

They had a son, Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, born in 864. Oddly enough, he was also called the Bald. Baldwin II of Flanders (c. ... Events Khan Boris I of Bulgaria is baptized an Orthodox Christian. ...

Judith died in 870.