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Ethelred I 866-871 AD House of Wessex
King Æthelred (Old English : Æþelræd, sometimes rendered as Ethelred, "noble counsel") was King of Wessex from 865 to 871. He was the fourth son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex. He succeeded his brother, Æthelberht (Ethelbert), as King of Wessex and Kent in 865. He married Wulfrida and had two sons, Æthelhelm, the elder, and Æthelwold, the younger.
Æthelred was not able to control the increasing Danish raids on England. On 4 January 871 at the Battle of Reading, Ethelred suffered a heavy defeat Although Æthelred was able to re-form his army in time to win a victory at the Battle of Ashdown, he suffered another defeat on 22 January at the Battle of Basing, and was killed at the Battle of Marton on 23 April 871.
Æthelred is buried at Wimborne in Dorset. Following his death, he was popularly regarded as a saint, but never canonised. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Alfred the Great.
* Kings of Wessex, Aethelred (865/6-871 AD) AR Penny. Lunette type. +AEÃ~PELRE+- REX, schematic diademed draped bust right / inscription in three lines: MON / ETA in upper & lower lunette registers, with flanking pellets; in central: +VV+INE.
King Æthelred (Old English : Æþelræd, sometimes rendered as Ethelred, "noble counsel") was King of Wessex from 865 to 871. He was the fourth son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex. He succeeded his brother, Æthelberht (Ethelbert), as King of Wessex and Kent in 865. He married Wulfrida and had two sons, Æthelhelm, the elder, and Æthelwold, the younger.
Æthelred was not able to control the increasing Danish raids on England. On 4 January 871 at the Battle of Reading, Ethelred suffered a heavy defeat Although Æthelred was able to re-form his army in time to win a victory at the Battle of Ashdown, he suffered another defeat on 22 January at the Battle of Basing, and was killed at the Battle of Marton on 23 April 871.
Æthelred is buried at Wimborne in Dorset. Following his death, he was popularly regarded as a saint, but never canonised. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Alfred the Great.
* Kings of Wessex, Aethelred (865/6-871 AD) AR Penny. Lunette type. +AEÃ~PELRE+- REX, schematic diademed draped bust right / inscription in three lines: MON / ETA in upper & lower lunette registers, with flanking pellets; in central: +VV+INE.
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