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Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; [1] 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother ...
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd; 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother, Alfred the Great.
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king.
When Æthelred King of Wessex was born from 0843 to 0848, in Wantage, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, King Æthelwulf of Anglo-Saxons and Wessex, was 42 and his mother, Osburgh of Isle of Wight, was 38.
Æthelred I (d. 871), king of Wessex (865–71). The third son of Æthelwulf to succeed to the kingship of the West Saxons, Æthelred had to endure the first major onslaught of the Danes in their systematic attempt to conquer England.
Ethelred himself married Wulfrida around two years after his accession to the throne of Wessex, they produced two sons Æthelwold, who was born around 868 and Ethelhelm, whose date of birth is unknown.
Oct 28, 2022 · Æthelred I, sometimes rendered as Ethelred, was born in Circa 847 in Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom located in the south of Great Britain. His father, King Aethelwulf of Wessex, reigned over the kingdom from 839 to 856. The area had been under the rule of that dynasty since 519 AD.
