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Birth:          ABT  830 Wessex, England
Death:          23 Apr  871 Merton, Devonshire, England

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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]

Parents
____ Aethelwulf (ABT  806 - 13 Jan  859)
OF HAMPSHIRE Osburh (Osberga) (ABT  810 - AFT  876)

Siblings
____ Aethelred I (ABT  830 - 23 Apr  871)
____ Alfred "the Great" ( 849 - 26 Oct  899)

Marriage To ____ Wulfthryth (ABT  832 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Wulfthryth ABT  832 - 
____ Aethelhelm (ABT  859 - ABT  898)
OF WESSEX Elgifu (ABT  860 - )

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