Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Æthelwulf, King of Wessex across 5 places, from 854 to 1964.
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Æthelwulf (Old English for "Noble Wolf"; died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Æthelwulf, King of Wessex was documented, and when
22 April 854exact date
Wilton, Wiltshireattested“For the sake of his soul and in return for masses for the king and ealdormen each Wednesday, "I have decided to give in perpetual liberty some portion of hereditary lands to all those ranks previously in possession, both to God's servant…”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
August 1780month
Wiltshireattested“King Æthelwulf's ring was found in a cart rut in Laverstock in Wiltshire in about August 1780 by one William Petty, who sold it to a silversmith in Salisbury.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
August 1780month
Laverstockattested“King Æthelwulf's ring was found in a cart rut in Laverstock in Wiltshire in about August 1780 by one William Petty, who sold it to a silversmith in Salisbury.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
August 1780month
Salisburyattested“King Æthelwulf's ring was found in a cart rut in Laverstock in Wiltshire in about August 1780 by one William Petty, who sold it to a silversmith in Salisbury.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
1964 to 1979period
Romeattested“One dissenter was Finberg, who in 1964 described him as "a king whose valour in war and princely munificence recalled the figures of the heroic age", but in 1979, Enright said: "More than anything else he appears to have been an impracti…”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
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5 November 844exact date
Winchestermentioned“The Decimation Charters are divided by Susan Kelly into four groups: # Two dated at Winchester on 5 November 844.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
26 December 846exact date
Somersetmentioned“However, he made a grant of land in Somerset to his leading ealdorman, Eanwulf, and on 26 December 846, he granted a large estate to himself in South Hams in west Devon.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
26 December 846exact date
South Hamsmentioned“However, he made a grant of land in Somerset to his leading ealdorman, Eanwulf, and on 26 December 846, he granted a large estate to himself in South Hams in west Devon.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
1 October 856exact date
Verberiementioned“On 1 October 856, Æthelwulf married Charles's daughter, Judith, aged 12 or 13, at Verberie.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
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