Rædwulf was king of

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for a short time. His ancestry is not known, but it is possible that he was a kinsman of Osberht and Ælla. Rædwulf became king when

Æthelred Æthelred (; ang, Æþelræd ) or Ethelred () is an Old English personal name (a compound of '' æþele'' and '' ræd'', meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to: Anglo-Saxon England * Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary prin ...

son of Eanred was deposed. Coins from his reign are known, but other than a report of his death fighting pagans (i.e.,

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) in

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'', nothing more is recorded of him. Annals incorporated in ''Flores Historiarum'' date this reign to 844, but the annalist's chronology is not necessarily reliable. The recent discovery of a coin of King Eanred, dated on stylistic grounds to circa 850, led to a reappraisal of the reigns of Northumbrian rulers in the 9th century. As a result, Rædwulf's reign is now thought to have been c. 858 rather than 844. The numismatic and written evidence agrees that Æthelred was restored to the kingship after Rædwulf's death.

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References

* Kirby, D.P., ''The Earliest English Kings.'' London: Unwin, 1991. * Higham, N.J., ''The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350-1100.'' Stroud: Sutton, 1993. * * * Yorke, Barbara, ''Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England.'' London: Seaby, 1990.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raedwulf Of Northumbria Year of birth unknown 844 deaths Northumbrian monarchs 9th-century English monarchs