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New page: '''Ethelred I''' (also Æthelred I) king of Wessex (865-871), the younger brother of Ethelbert and the third son of Ethelwulf to take the throne, faced the first major systemat...
'''Ethelred I''' (also Æthelred I) king of [[Wessex]] (865-871), the younger brother of [[Ethelbert]] and the third son of [[Ethelwulf]] to take the throne, faced the first major systematic attempt by the [[Dane]]s to conquer [[England]]. Having defeated and occupied [[East Anglia]] and [[Northumbria]], and moved down into [[Mercia]] during the first years of his reign, they moved against Wessex in the winter of 870/71. Ethelred died campaigning and was succeeded by his younger brother, Alfred. ([[Alfred the Great]])
[[Category: English Monarchs]]
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[[Category: English Monarchs]]
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