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Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (or Ealdorman Æthelred of Mercia; died 911) became ruler of English Mercia shortly after the death or disappearance of its last king, Ceolwulf II in 879. Æthelred's rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking -ruled Danelaw .
- 911 AD
- Ceolwulf II, (as King of Mercia)
- c. 881–911 AD
- Æthelflæd, (as Lady of the Mercians)
Æthelred ( / ˈæθəlrɛd /; died after 704) was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester.
Æthelred of Mercia - The forgotten man who helped build England. Michael McComb. Æthelred of Mercia remains an obscure figure who suffers from being overshadowed by the more impressive figures of the Anglo-Saxon period: his father-in-law, Alfred the Great and his wife, Æthelflæd.
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Apr 24, 2023 · Not to be confused with seventh century Mercian king Æthelred I or the famous Anglo-Saxon ruler Æthelred the Unready, the history of Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians is less well known. The life of this incredible ruler straddles the last years of the heptarchy and the beginning of Anglo-Saxon England. Read on to discover who he was.
Mar 18, 2024 · After a conclusive defeat in his war with the Welsh at the Battle of Conway 881, Æthelred turned to Wessex for protection. By 883, a land charter in Worcester, Mercia, records him governing as an “Ealdormen of Mercia…with the consent of King Alfred” (Ealdormen was the senior noble title in England).
Aethelred (died 716, Bardney, Eng.) was the king of Mercia, who was a benefactor of many churches in his several provinces and at last retired to a monastery. He succeeded his brother Wulfhere in 675 and early on spent most of his time in warfare. In 676 he ravished Kent, taking Rochester.
All coins struck in Mercia after the disappearance of Ceolwulf in c. 879 were in the name of the West Saxon king. Æthelred had married Æthelflæd (c. 870 – 12 June 918), daughter of Alfred the Great of Wessex (r. 871–899), and she assumed power when her husband became ill at some time in the last ten years of his life.
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