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Æthelred I of Wessex (son of Aethelwulf (Æthelwulf)of England, of Wessex and Osburgh Osburg of Hampshire (of Wessex))9644 was born Abt. 8449644, and died April 23, 8719644. He married Wulfthryth (of Wessex).

 Includes NotesNotes for Æthelred I of Wessex:
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# ID: I1390
# Name: Ethelred I King Of WESSEX
# Sex: M
# Birth: Abt 844 in of, Wantage, Berk, England
# Death: APR 871
# IDNO: 1392
# Note: !Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2 W as King of Wessex 865 - 871.
# Change Date: 19 MAR 2005 at 11:24:39

Father: Ethelwulf b: Abt 806 in of, Wessex, England
Mother: Osburh b: Abt 810 in of, Wessex, , England

Marriage 1 Mrs. Ethelred

Children

1. Has Children Elgiva b: Abt 864

source:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mlee2002&id=I1390

added:
12feb2006

More About Æthelred I of Wessex:
Record Change: February 12, 20069644

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Æthelred I of Wessex and Wulfthryth (of Wessex):
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Æthelred I of Wessex1,2
M, b. circa 843, d. 23 April 871, #5169

Father Æthelwulf of Wessex1,3 b. between 794 and 800, d. 13 January 85 8
Mother Osburh (?)1 b. circa 810, d. after 876
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Reference 7619

Hume* ETHELBERT was succeeded by his brother Ethered,866. who, though h e defended himself with bravery, enjoyed, during his whole reign, no tr anquillity from those Danish irruptions. His younger brother, Alfred, s econded him in all his enterprizes; and generously sacrificed to the pu blic good all resentment, which he might entertain, on account of his b eing excluded by Ethered from a large patrimony, which had been left hi m by his father.
The first landing of the Danes in the reign of Ethered was among the Ea st-Angles, who, more anxious for their present safety than for the comm on interest, entered into a separate treaty with the enemy; and furnish ed them with horses, which enabled them to make an irruption by land in to the kingdom of Northumberland. They there seized the city of York; a nd defended it against Osbricht and Aella, two Northumbrian princes, wh o perished in the assault.e Encouraged by these successes, and by the s uperiority, which they had acquired in arms, they now ventured, under t he command of Hinguar and Hubba, to leave the sea-coast, and penetratin g into Mercia, they took up their winter-quarters at Nottingham, where t hey threatened the kingdom with a final subjection. The Mercians, in th is extremity, applied to Ethered for succour; and that prince, with his b rother, Alfred, conducting a great army to Nottingham,870. obliged the e nemy to dislodge, and to retreat into Northumberland. Their restless di sposition, and their avidity for plunder, allowed them not to remain lo ng in those quarters: They broke into East-Anglia, defeated and took pr isoner, Edmund, the king of that country, whom they afterwards murdered i n cool blood; and committing the most barbarous ravages on the people, p articularly on the monasteries, they gave the East-Angles cause to regr et the temporary relief, which they had obtained, by assisting the comm on enemy.
The next station of the Danes was at Reading;871. whence they infested t he neighbouring country by their incursions. The Mercians, desirous of s haking off their dependance on Ethered, refused to join him with their f orces; and that prince, attended by Alfred, was obliged to march agains t the enemy, with the West Saxons alone, his hereditary subjects. The D anes, being defeated in an action, shut themselves up in their garrison ; but quickly making thence an irruption, they routed the West-Saxons, a nd obliged them to raise the siege. An action soon after ensued at Asto n, in Berkshire, where the English, in the beginning of the day, were i n danger of a total defeat. Alfred, advancing with one division of the a rmy, was surrounded by the enemy in disadvantageous ground; and Ethered , who was at that time hearing mass, refused to march to his assistance , till prayers should be finished.f But as he afterwards obtained the v ictory, this success, not the danger of Alfred, was ascribed by the mon ks to the piety of that monarch. This battle of Aston did not terminate t he war: Another battle was a little after fought at Basing; where the D anes were more successful; and being reinforced by a new army from thei r own country, they became every day more terrible to the English. Amid st these confusions, Ethered died of a wound, which he had received in a n action with the Danes; and left the inheritance of his cares and misf ortunes, rather than of his grandeur, to his brother, Alfred, who was n ow twenty-two years of age.
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Birth* Æthelred I of Wessex was born circa 843.1
Marriage* He married Wulfthryth (?).1
Death* He died on 23 April 871 at Horton, Wiltshire, England.1
Burial* He was buried at Wimborne Minster.1

Family Wulfthryth (?)
Children

1. Elgiva (?)
2. Æthelhelm (?) b. c 859, d. c 898


Last Edited 21 Nov 2004

Citations

1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1B-15.
3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 1B-14.
4. [S337] David Hume, History of England.


source:
http://gordonbanks.com/gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p104.htm#i5169

added:
08feb2006

Children of Æthelred I of Wessex and Wulfthryth (of Wessex) are:
  1. +Elgiva (AElfgifu) of Wessex, b. Abt. 997, Wessex, England9644, d. date unknown, Y9644.
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