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ÆTHELRED ([844/47]-[15/22] Apr 871, bur Wimborne Minster, Dorset[1533]). Weir estimates that Æthelred must have been born in [840][1534]. However, it is likely that he was no more than a young adolescent in 860, presumably not powerful enough to preventhis being displaced in the succession by his older half-brother Æthelberht. "Æthelred/Ethered filius regis" subscribed charters of King Æthelberht dated 860, 863 and 864[1535]. He succeeded his brother in 866 as ÆTHELRED I King of Wessex, crowned soon after at Kingston-upon-Thames. Danish incursions increased during his reign, Asser recording that the invaders wintered for the first time in East Anglia[1536]. King Æthelred and his younger brother Alfred allied themselves with their brother-in-law Burghred King of Mercia to fight the Danes near Nottingham in Autumn 868, but Burghred bought peace without fighting. In 870, the Danes moved against Wessex, establishing winter quarters at Reading. Following an unsuccessful attack on Reading, Æthelred andAlfred defeated the Danes at Ashdown, but were themselves defeated at Basing in early 871. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the death in 871 "after Easter" (dated to 15 Apr in 871, according to Cheney[1537]) of King Æthelred and his burial at Wimborne[1538]. Florence of Worcester records the death "post Pascha" of "rex Ætheredus" and his burial "IX Kal Mai in Winburnan"[1539]. m (868) WULFTHRYTH, daughter of --- ([848/53]-). "Wulfthryth regina" subscribed one of the two charters of King Æthelred I dated 868[1540], which suggests that she married during that year. Her birth date range is estimated from her having given birth to two known children before the death of her husband in 871. Her parentage is not known. However, the importance of Ealdorman Wulfhere's position at the court of King Æthelred I is shown by the position of his name among subscribers to the king's charters: he was first subscriber, even before the king's brother Alfred, in a charter dated 862, and second subscriber, after the queen, in a charter dated 868[1541]. It is tempting therefore to speculate that Æthelred's queen was Wulfthryth, daughter of Wulfhere Ealdorman & his wife ---, especially with the common use of the root "Wulf-" in their names. King Æthelred I & [his wife] had two children: a) ÆTHELHELM ([868/70]-898). King Alfred, under his will probably dated to [879/88], bequeathed estates at Aldingbourne, Compton, Crondall, Beeding, Beddingham, Burnham, Thunderfield and Earhing to "my brother's son Æthelhelm"[1542]. He is namedin the will before his brother Æthelwold, and received more extensive estates, suggesting that Æthelhelm was his father's older son. "Æthelhel[m] dux" subscribed the same undated charter of King Alfred as his brother Æthelwald, although curiously Æthelhelm is not given the epithet "filius regis" in the charter, in contrast to Æthelwald. Æthelhelm had [one possible child]: i) [ÆTHELFRITH (-904 or after). According to Anscombe[1543], Æthelfrith was the son of Æthelhelm, son of Æthelred I King of England. However, this is unlikely to be correct from a chronological point of view. Any grandsons of King Æthelred could not have been born before [890] at the earliest, while Ealdorman Æthelfrith was definitely active in 901, and even as early as 884 if the subscriptions of charters of that date refer to the same person. Kelly accepts that "the generations are too crowded" but does not analyse the impact of the chronology on the viability of the proposed descent[1544]. "Æthelferth ealdorman/dux/comes" and "Æthelfrith dux" subscribed two charters of Æthelred Ealdorman of Mercia in 884 and four charters of King Edward dated between 901 and 904[1545]. "Æthelfrith dux" was also granted land at Wrington, Somerset by King Edward under a charter dated 903[1546]. - ANGLO-SAXON NOBILITY.] b) ÆTHELWOLD ([869/71]-killed at the battle of the Holm [902/05]). King Alfred, under his will probably dated to [879/88], bequeathed residences at Godalming, Guildford and Steyning to "my brother's son Æthelwold"[1547]. He is named in the will after his brother Æthelhelm and received fewer estates than his brother, suggesting that Æthelwold was his father's younger son. "Athelwald filius regis" subscribed a charter of King Alfred[1548], undated, but the reference to his predecessor (King Æthelred I) as "regis" may indicate that it should be dated to the earliest years of King Alfred's reign, although after the birth of the king's son Edward[1549] whose name is listed among the subscribers immediately after Æthelwold. "Æthelwald dux/ealdorman"subscribed two charters of King Alfred dated 882 and 884, in the latter he was recorded first in the list of subscribers[1550]. An infant on the death of his father in 871, he was passed over for the succession in favour of his uncle Alfred. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 899 "Æthelwold son of his [King Eadward’s] paternal uncle seized the manor at Wimborne and at Christchurch", that the king "encamped at Badbury Rings, near Wimborne" in which Æthelwold had barricaded himself but that the latter later escaped "to the host in Northumbria"[1551]. Florence of Worcester records that "regis Eadwardi patruelis, clito Æthelwoldus" seized "regiam villam Tweoxebeam…Winburnan", that King Eadward assembled his troops "in loco…Baddanbyrig…prope Wiburnan" and forced Æthelwold to flee north where he allied himself with the Danes, and in a later passage his death in battle[1552]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "Æthelwold came hither from oversea to Essex with the fleet which was accompanying him"(manuscript A) or "with all the ships he could muster and which had given him allegiance" in 904, and that "he seduced the host in East Anglia…harried across Mercia" in 905, but was killed in battle "between the dikes and the Wissey" with "king Eohric" [identified as the Danish king of East Anglia] killed at the battle of the Holm [902/05][1553]. Stenton suggests that these events should more accurately be dated to 901 and 902[1554]. m ([899]) --- . The name of Æthelwold's wife is not known. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 899 "was the lady arrested whom he [Æthelwold] had abducted without the king's consent…because she had taken the vows of a nun"[1555]. According to Florence of Worcester, Æthelwold married a nun from Wimborne, without King Edward's permission, and was forced to return her to the convent[1556].

ÆTHELRED ([844/47]-[15/22] Apr 871, bur Wimborne Minster, Dorset[1533]). Weir estimates that Æthelred must have been born in [840][1534]. However, it is likely that he was no more than a young adolescent in 860, presumably not powerful enough to preventhis being displaced in the succession by his older half-brother Æthelberht. "Æthelred/Ethered filius regis" subscribed charters of King Æthelberht dated 860, 863 and 864[1535]. He succeeded his brother in 866 as ÆTHELRED I King of Wessex, crowned soon after at Kingston-upon-Thames. Danish incursions increased during his reign, Asser recording that the invaders wintered for the first time in East Anglia[1536]. King Æthelred and his younger brother Alfred allied themselves with their brother-in-law Burghred King of Mercia to fight the Danes near Nottingham in Autumn 868, but Burghred bought peace without fighting. In 870, the Danes moved against Wessex, establishing winter quarters at Reading. Following an unsuccessful attack on Reading, Æthelred andAlfred defeated the Danes at Ashdown, but were themselves defeated at Basing in early 871. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the death in 871 "after Easter" (dated to 15 Apr in 871, according to Cheney[1537]) of King Æthelred and his burial at Wimborne[1538]. Florence of Worcester records the death "post Pascha" of "rex Ætheredus" and his burial "IX Kal Mai in Winburnan"[1539]. m (868) WULFTHRYTH, daughter of --- ([848/53]-). "Wulfthryth regina" subscribed one of the two charters of King Æthelred I dated 868[1540], which suggests that she married during that year. Her birth date range is estimated from her having given birth to two known children before the death of her husband in 871. Her parentage is not known. However, the importance of Ealdorman Wulfhere's position at the court of King Æthelred I is shown by the position of his name among subscribers to the king's charters: he was first subscriber, even before the king's brother Alfred, in a charter dated 862, and second subscriber, after the queen, in a charter dated 868[1541]. It is tempting therefore to speculate that Æthelred's queen was Wulfthryth, daughter of Wulfhere Ealdorman & his wife ---, especially with the common use of the root "Wulf-" in their names. King Æthelred I & [his wife] had two children:

a) ÆTHELHELM ([868/70]-898). King Alfred, under his will probably dated to [879/88], bequeathed estates at Aldingbourne, Compton, Crondall, Beeding, Beddingham, Burnham, Thunderfield and Earhing to "my brother's son Æthelhelm"[1542]. He is namedin the will before his brother Æthelwold, and received more extensive estates, suggesting that Æthelhelm was his father's older son. "Æthelhel[m] dux" subscribed the same undated charter of King Alfred as his brother Æthelwald, although curiously Æthelhelm is not given the epithet "filius regis" in the charter, in contrast to Æthelwald. Æthelhelm had [one possible child]:

i) [ÆTHELFRITH (-904 or after). According to Anscombe[1543], Æthelfrith was the son of Æthelhelm, son of Æthelred I King of England. However, this is unlikely to be correct from a chronological point of view. Any grandsons of King Æthelred could not have been born before [890] at the earliest, while Ealdorman Æthelfrith was definitely active in 901, and even as early as 884 if the subscriptions of charters of that date refer to the same person. Kelly accepts that "the generations are too crowded" but does not analyse the impact of the chronology on the viability of the proposed descent[1544]. "Æthelferth ealdorman/dux/comes" and "Æthelfrith dux" subscribed two charters of Æthelred Ealdorman of Mercia in 884 and four charters of King Edward dated between 901 and 904[1545]. "Æthelfrith dux" was also granted land at Wrington, Somerset by King Edward under a charter dated 903[1546].

- ANGLO-SAXON NOBILITY.]

b) ÆTHELWOLD ([869/71]-killed at the battle of the Holm [902/05]). King Alfred, under his will probably dated to [879/88], bequeathed residences at Godalming, Guildford and Steyning to "my brother's son Æthelwold"[1547]. He is named in the will after his brother Æthelhelm and received fewer estates than his brother, suggesting that Æthelwold was his father's younger son. "Athelwald filius regis" subscribed a charter of King Alfred[1548], undated, but the reference to his predecessor (King Æthelred I) as "regis" may indicate that it should be dated to the earliest years of King Alfred's reign, although after the birth of the king's son Edward[1549] whose name is listed among the subscribers immediately after Æthelwold. "Æthelwald dux/ealdorman"subscribed two charters of King Alfred dated 882 and 884, in the latter he was recorded first in the list of subscribers[1550]. An infant on the death of his father in 871, he was passed over for the succession in favour of his uncle Alfred. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 899 "Æthelwold son of his [King Eadward’s] paternal uncle seized the manor at Wimborne and at Christchurch", that the king "encamped at Badbury Rings, near Wimborne" in which Æthelwold had barricaded himself but that the latter later escaped "to the host in Northumbria"[1551]. Florence of Worcester records that "regis Eadwardi patruelis, clito Æthelwoldus" seized "regiam villam Tweoxebeam…Winburnan", that King Eadward assembled his troops "in loco…Baddanbyrig…prope Wiburnan" and forced Æthelwold to flee north where he allied himself with the Danes, and in a later passage his death in battle[1552]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "Æthelwold came hither from oversea to Essex with the fleet which was accompanying him"(manuscript A) or "with all the ships he could muster and which had given him allegiance" in 904, and that "he seduced the host in East Anglia…harried across Mercia" in 905, but was killed in battle "between the dikes and the Wissey" with "king Eohric" [identified as the Danish king of East Anglia] killed at the battle of the Holm [902/05][1553]. Stenton suggests that these events should more accurately be dated to 901 and 902[1554]. m ([899]) --- . The name of Æthelwold's wife is not known. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 899 "was the lady arrested whom he [Æthelwold] had abducted without the king's consent…because she had taken the vows of a nun"[1555]. According to Florence of Worcester, Æthelwold married a nun from Wimborne, without King Edward's permission, and was forced to return her to the convent[1556].