Aethelred I King Of WESSEX & KENT

Abt 830 - 871  (~ 41 years)

• Name	Aethelred I King Of WESSEX & KENT
  Birth	Abt 830	Of, Wantage, Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	FLGQ-L8
  Name	Ethelred I King Of WESSEX
  _UID	51B82A34DB06460CAD32C70A8D129676F524
  Death	23 Apr 871	Merton, Torrington, Devonshire, England
  Burial	Wimborne, Dorsetshire, England
  Person ID	I7254	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Aethelwulf King Of WESSEX & KENT,   b. Abt 806, Of, Wessex, England d. 13 Jan 856-857, , England (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Osburh Queen Of WESSEX,   b. Abt 810, Of, Wessex, England d. Abt 853 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 830
  Family ID	F3638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aethelred I (d. April 871), 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 joint kingdoms he succeeded in 1865 or 866. Aethelred's reign was one long struggle against the Danes. In the year of his succession a large Danish force landed in East Anglia, and in the year 868 Aethelred and his brother Alfred went to help Burgred of Mercia against this host, but the Mercians soon made peace with their foes. In 871 the Danes encamped at Reading, where they defeated Aethelred and his brother, but later in the year the English won a great victory at a place called "Aescesdun." Two weeks later they were defeated at Basing but partially retrieved their fortune by a victory at "Maeretun" (perhaps Marden in Wiltshire), though the Danes held the field. In the Easter of this year Aethelred died, perhaps of wounds received in the wars against the Danes, and was buried at Wimborne. [Encyclopaedia Britannica] Source: lorenfamily.com