The royal consorts of Wessex were the wives of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of Wessex. History has not always recorded whether each king of Wessex was married or not. In Wessex it was not customary for kings' wives to be queens but Judith was crowned queen following her marriage to Æthelwulf.Janet L. Nelson, Æthelwulf, Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004Williams et al., A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain

Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 AD until England was unified by Æthelstan (who never married) in 927 AD.

PictureNameParentsBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse Seaxburh (possibly) – no earlier than c. 642 645 c. 674Cenwalh Cynewise (possibly) – no earlier than 645 no later than 648 –Penda Seaxburh – no earlier than 648 672Thereafter ruled in her own right c. 674Cenwalh Not reliably recorded. Possibly a sister of Queen Iurminburh. – no earlier than c. 676 no later than c. 686 –Centwine Cynethryth – no earlier than 685 no later than 688 –Cædwalla Æthelburg – c. 688 726 –Ine Frithugyth – no earlier than 726 no later than 740 –Æthelheard Eadburh Father, King Offa of MerciaMother, Queen Cynethryth before 788 – no earlier than 786 802 –Beorhtric UnknownLate recording as Redburga but name is of doubtful historicity – – – no earlier than 802 no later than 839 –Egbert Osburh Father, Oslac – before 839 839 no later than 856 –ÆthelwulfJudithFather, Charles the Bald Mother, Ermentrude of Orléans October 844 1 October 85613 January 858Husband's death after 870858860 Æthelbald Wulfthryth –Period 865 to 868 not after 871 – Ethelred IEalhswithFather, Æthelred Mucil. Mother, Eadburh 868 23 April 871 26 October 899 5 December 905 Alfred the Great Ælfflæd Father, Æthelhelm – circa 901 late 910s after 910 Edward the Elder Eadgifu Father, Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent before 904 circa 919 17 July 924 after 965

See also List of monarchs of Wessex

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