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Æthelred I (other)
Æthelred I or Ethelred I may refer to: * Æthelred I of Wessex, King of Wessex from 865 to 871 * Æthelred I of Northumbria, King of Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 788 or 789 until his murder in 796 * Æthelred I of East Anglia Æthelred I was a semi-historical eighth-century king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He may have ruled between 760 and 790, holding the kingdom of the East Angles during t ..., King of East Anglia See also * Æthelred (other) {{hndis, Aethelred I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelred I Of Wessex
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; ; 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, King of Wessex, Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother, Alfred the Great. Æthelred had two sons, Æthelhelm and Æthelwold ætheling, Æthelwold, who were passed over for the kingship on their father's death because they were still infants. Alfred was succeeded by his son, Edward the Elder, and Æthelwold unsuccessfully disputed the throne with him. Æthelred's accession coincided with the arrival of the Viking Great Heathen Army in England. Over the next five years the Vikings conquered Northumbria and Kingdom of East Anglia, East Anglia, and at the end of 870 they launched a full-scale attack on Wessex. In early January 871, Æthelred was defeated at the Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading. Four days la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelred I Of Northumbria
Æthelred (; c. 762 – 18 April 796), was the king of Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 790 until he was murdered in 796. He was the son of Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria, Æthelwald Moll and Æthelthryth and possibly became king while still a child after Alhred of Northumbria, Alhred was deposed. Family and early life The origin of Æthelred's family isn't recorded, but his father Æthelwald, who was also called Moll, seems to have come from a noble background. Æthelwald first appears in the historical records in a letter written by Pope Paul I to king Eadberht of Northumbria, Eadberht, ordering him to return lands taken from an Abbot Fothred, which were given to his brother Moll. After the abdication of king Eadberht in 758, his son Oswulf of Northumbria, Oswulf took his place but despite his father's long reign and his powerful uncle Ecgbert (bishop), Ecgbert, he was murdered just a year later in 759 at Market Weighton by his own bodyguards. The murder was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æthelred I Of East Anglia
Æthelred I was a semi-historical eighth-century king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He may have ruled between 760 and 790, holding the kingdom of the East Angles during the overlordship of Offa of Mercia. There is no coinage known for Æthelred and the only historical sources that name him date from after the Norman conquest of England, including the ''Lives of St Æthelberht'' and the regnal lists of William of Malmesbury. The legendary narratives of Æthelberht relate that Æthelred and his queen Leofruna dwelt at ''Beodricesworth'', now the Suffolk town of Bury St. Edmunds. Æthelred was the father of Æthelberht II of East Anglia Æthelberht (Old English: ''Æðelbrihte'', ''Æþelberhte''), also called Saint Ethelbert the King ( – 20 May 794) was an 8th-century saint and a king of Kingdom of East Anglia, East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon kingdom which tod ..., who succeeded him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
