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Æthelred's first name, composed of the elements æðele 'noble', and ræd 'counsel', [2] is typical of the compound names of those who belonged to the royal House of Wessex, and it characteristically alliterates with the names of his ancestors, like Æthelwulf 'noble-wolf', Ælfred 'elf-counsel', Eadweard 'rich-protection', and Eadgar 'rich-spear'.
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.
When King Edward died in 924, Æthelstan initially faced opposition at the West Saxon court, but was accepted as king in Mercia. [ 43 ] After Æthelred's death in 911, Æthelflæd ruled as "Lady of the Mercians", but she did not inherit the Mercian territories of London and Oxford, which were taken by Edward.
The earliest Mercian king about whom definite historical information has survived is Penda of Mercia, Æthelred's father. [2] The larger neighbouring kingdoms included Northumbria to the north, recently united from its constituent kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira , East Anglia to the east, and Wessex , the kingdom of the West Saxons, to the south.
Æthelred II once again attempted to broker peace with the Viking forces in 994, after heavy raiding had taken place throughout the year. [2]: 286 This new treaty (often referred to as II Æthelred) was made between Æthelred and three leaders of the Norwegian Viking armies, called Guthmund Steitason, Josteinn and Olaf Tryggvason (referred to as Anlaf in the original document).
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.
King Æthelred the Unready married his second wife Emma of Normandy in 1002 and her elder son Edward the Confessor was born around 1004. Three charters between 1007 and 1011 are attested by Edward and his mother but not by Alfred, who first attests in 1013.
Ethelred, Aethelred, Aelred, Aðalráðr Look up Æthelred in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Æthelred ( / ˈ æ θ əl r ɛ d / ; Old English : Æþelræd [ˈæðelræːd] ) or Ethelred ( / ˈ ɛ θ əl r ɛ d / ) is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþele and ræd , meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to: