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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 ...
brother Aethelbald. Aethelred I (died April 871) was the king of Wessex and of Kent (865/866–871), son of Aethelwulf of Wessex. By his father’s will he should have succeeded to Wessex on the death of his eldest brother Aethelbald (d. 860). He seems, however, to have stood aside in favour of his brother Aethelberht, king of Kent, to whose ...
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Mar 23, 2015 · King Aethelred (Æthelred or 'Noble Council') was the third eldest surviving son of Aethelwulf, and King of Wessex from 866-871. Aethelred's reign was dogged by Viking battles against the 'Great Heathen Army', that would ultimately lead to his death in 871. Aethelred played a major role in the defence of Wessex, despite history overshadowing ...
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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. His mother Osburh or Osburga was his father's first wife and ...
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. From bases set up in East Anglia in 866 they first turned their attention to Northumbria and Mercia, delaying ...
Died: April 23, 871 at Witchampton, Dorset. Buried at: Wimbourne. Succeeded by: his brother Alfred. Aethelred became king after his Aethelbert died in 866. Aethelred's reign was one long struggle against the Danes. Ivarr the Boneless and his brother Halfdan based in Dublin attacked and occupied York in 866 which became a Viking kingdom (Jorvik).
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King of Wessex. Ethelred I, was born around 834 and like his father Ethelwulf, was a man of great piety, and had been brought up very religiously by his mother, Queen Osburh. Ethelred succeeded his brother Ethelbert in 866 to a land that was being ravaged mercilessly by the full fury of savage Viking onslaughts.
