King Aethelred I^{[1, 2]}

- 871

• Name	Aethelred I
  Prefix	King
  Gender	Male
  Died	871  [3]
  Person ID	I2596	Schuerman-Wood-Worden
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	King Aethelwulf, King of Wessex,   d. 858
  Mother	Osburga
  Family ID	F849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  King of Wessex 866-871. Experienced major onslaught of the Danes, dying in battle in April 871.

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] British Royal Website, (www.royal.gov.uk). [S178] Anglo Saxon Chronicle, (Routlage, 1998), Years 866, 867, 868, 871. [S103] Oxford Companion to British History, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), p. 8.