Æthelred of Wessex

837 - 871  (34 years)

• Name	Æthelred of Wessex
  Birth	837	Wantage, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  CHARTER+DATED+862+AS+KING+OF+THE+WEST+SAXONS	862	Little Wittenham, Berkshire, England
  	Æthelred issued a charter in 862 as "King of the West Saxons"; as this was during the reign of his brother, he was likely acting as Under-king in his brother's absence.
  Reign+as+King+of+Wessex+and+King+of+Kent	From 865 to 871
  SUCCEEDED+AS+KING+OF+WESSEX	865
  	On the death of his brother King Æthelberht in Autumn of 865 Æthelred succeeded to the throne of Wessex.
  Occupation	From 5 January 0866 to 4 January 0872	King of England
  BATTLE+OF+MERTON+++++	22 Mar 871	Wessex
  	King Æthelred and Prince Alfred met the Danes in battle on 22 March 871. Heahmund, Bishop of Sherborne, died in the fighting. Æthelred sustained injuries which were later the cause of his death.
  Title of Nobility	King of Wessex, King of the West Saxons
  _FSFTID	L8W6-4HY
  Burial	Apr 871	Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
  Death	23 Apr 871	Wimborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I47149	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	King of Wessex Ethelwulf,   b. Abt 806, Aachen, Kreis Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. 13 Jan 858, London, England (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Osburgh of Isle of Wight,   b. 810, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d. 13 Jan 876, Kent, England, United Kingdom (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Abt 830
  Family ID	F20045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wulfrith Of Mercia,   b. 845, Wantage, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 870, Dorset, England, United Kingdom (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	864
  Children	1. Æthelhelm of Wiltshire,   b. 850, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 12 Jun 897, Wiltshire, England (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F20046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023