Æthelred I King of Wessex

Abt 826 - 871  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Æthelred I King of Wessex  [1]
  Born	Abt 826	Wantage, Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	862
  	In Berkshire, granted Æthelwulf, princeps, 10 hides (cassati) at (Little) Wittenham
  Occupation	863
  	In Wiltshire, granted Wulfhere, princeps, 6 hides (cassati) at Buttermere
  Occupation	866
  	King of Wessex (succeeded his brother Æthelbert to the throne)
  Occupation	867
  	In Canterbury, Kent, granted Wighelm, presbyter, a seat in the church of St Martin, with land appurtenant
  Occupation	867
  	In Essex, granted to St. Paul's monastery 15 hides (mansiones) at Navestock
  Occupation	868
  	Granted Cuthwulf, bishop of Rochester, land near Rochester
  Occupation	868
  	In Hampshire, granted Hunsige, his minister, 5 hides (cassati) at Martyr Worthy, Hants
  Occupation	868
  	In Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, granted Cuthred, his minister, 5 hides (cassati) at Balking
  Occupation	869
  	In Wiltshire, granted Wulfhere, his princeps, 25 hides (cassati) at Winterbourne (Monkton)
  Occupation	869
  	In Woodyates, Dorset, granted Ælfstan, princeps, 2 hides (cassati) at Cheselbourne
  Occupation	870
  	Defeated the Danish kings Bagseg and Halfdan (with his brother Alfred) at the Battle of Ashdown
  Occupation	870
  	In Woodyates, Dorset, granted Ælfstan, Ealdorman, 5 hides at Cheselbourne
  Died	23 Apr 871	Horton, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England
  	Cause: Wounds received in battle against the Danes
  Buried	Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
  Person ID	I4345	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Æthelwulf King of Wessex,   b. Abt 806, Wessex, England ,   d. 13 Jan 858, England  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Osburgh of the Isle of Wight,   b. Abt 810, Wessex, England ,   d. Aft 876, England  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	Abt 826	England
  Annulled	853
  Family ID	F2096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Æthelhelm of Wessex,   b. Abt 845,   d. Aft 919  (Age ~ 75 years)   2. Æthelwold King of York,   b. Aft 845,   d. 905, Battle of the Holm, East Anglia, England  (Age ~ 59 years)   3. Tyra of Wessex,   b. Abt 866,   d. 935  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F4266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 1B-15.