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King Eorcenberht of Kent seized the rule of Kent in 640 in precedence to his elder brother Eormenred.Both were sons of Eadbald of Kent (r. c. 616–640). The legend, contained in a Latin Passio, tells that Eormenred and his wife Oslafa had several children including the two sons Aethelred and Aethelberht, and a daughter Eormenbeorg, also known as Domne Eafe.
Æthelred's immediate relations. Æthelred was the son of Penda of Mercia. Penda's queen, Cynewise, is named by Bede, who does not mention her children; no other wives of Penda are known and so it is likely but not certain that she was Æthelred's mother.
His epithet comes from the Old English word unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised". Æthelred was the son of King Edgar and Queen Ælfthryth. [1] He came to the throne at about the age of 12, following the assassination of his elder half-brother, King Edward the Martyr.
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; [1] 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.
The Viking army finally dispersed in 896. For much of the time, Alfred had been in the west country defending Devonshire, and in the view of Richard Abels: "King Alfred had little to do directly with the great victories enjoyed by the English in 893–896. His son, Edward, and his ealdormen, in particular his son-in-law, Æthelred, had won the ...
Æthelberht was the son of Eormenric, succeeding him as king, according to the Chronicle. He married Bertha , the Christian daughter of Charibert I , king of the Franks , thus building an alliance with the most powerful state in contemporary Western Europe; the marriage probably took place before he came to the throne.
Ælfred Æþeling (c.1012-1036) was the youngest of the eight sons of the English king Æthelred the Unready. He and his brother Edward the Confessor were sons of Æthelred's second wife Emma of Normandy. [1] King Canute became their stepfather when he married Emma. Ælfred and his brother were caught up in the power struggles at the start and ...
Based largely on the careers of her sons, Ælfgifu's marriage has been dated approximately to the (mid-)980s. [8] Considering Thored's authority as earl of York and apparently, the tenure of that office without royal appointment, the union would have signified an important step for the West-Saxon royal family by which it secured a foothold in the north. [9]