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Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; [1] Old English for "Noble Wolf"; [2] died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. [a] In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber.
Æthelred of Mercia remains an obscure figure who suffers from being overshadowed by the more impressive figures of the Anglo-Saxon period: his father-in-law, Alfred the Great and his wife, Æthelflæd.
Æthelred (died 911) became Lord of the Mercians in England shortly after the death or disappearance of Mercia 's last king, Ceolwulf II, in 879. He is also sometimes called the Ealdorman of Mercia. Æthelred's rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking -ruled Danelaw. His ancestry is unknown.
17 mar 2024 · Æthelwulf (Wessex) of Wessex is a member of the House of Wessex. Æthelwulf was the son of Ecgberht. There is no clear source for the name of his mother, [1] though a late source names her as "Rædburh, regis Francorum sororia" - Rædburh, sister of the king of the Franks [2] - and this is hesitantly reflected in Medlands. [3] .
20 lis 2018 · The character most closely resembles the historical Aethelwulf on the Mercian campaign, when he chooses to listen to the Mercian captive and spare him rather than torturing and killing him (Season 3:2) and when he rescues Kwenthryth in Mercia (Season 4:2).
26 lut 2020 · King Aethelwulf, which means Noble Wolf, was the real King of Wessex and Merica. He was the son of the late King Ecbert (Linus Roache), who had successfully defeated King Beornwulf of Merica,...
9 wrz 2024 · Aethelred ruled as Lord of the Mercians from c. 881 to 911 and was a key military leader in the fight against Viking conquest and settlement in England. To defend Mercia, he allied himself to the powerful...
