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Name:
Æthelred I of Wessex
 Relationship to Alfred of England
Birth:
ABT 844
Father:
Æthelwulf of Wessex
Mother:
Osburth of Wessex
Death:
UNKNOWN
Remarks:
Æthelred I (866-71 AD)

Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex, and son of King Æthelwulf, who ruled England during a time of great pressure from the invading Danes. He was an affable man, a devoutly religious man and the older brother of Alfred the Great, his second-in-command in the resistance against the invaders. Together, they defeated the Danish kings Bagseg and Halfdan at the battle of Ashdown in 870.

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