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Æthelred I, King of Wessex

837 - 871

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Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Æthelred I, King of Wessex has received more than 523,362 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Æthelred I, King of Wessex is the 1,214th most popular politician (up from 1,373rd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 324th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Politician.

Æthelred I, King of Wessex, is most famous for being the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. He was the son of King Alfred the Great. Æthelred's reign was marked by a series of military defeats, rebellions, and civil wars. In 1002, he was forced to flee to Normandy, where he remained for 15 years.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelred I, King of Wessex ranks 1,214 out of 19,576. Before him are Hoshea, Soong Ching-ling, Kim Jong-un, Ilse Koch, Gustav Stresemann, and Thomas Sankara. After him are Al-Walid I, Idris of Libya, Agrippina the Elder, Nestor, Jianwen Emperor, and Albert Lebrun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 837, Æthelred I, King of Wessex ranks 1. After him is Al-Muntasir. Among people deceased in 871, Æthelred I, King of Wessex ranks 1. After him is Ibn Abd al-Hakam.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Æthelred I, King of Wessex ranks 258 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Fleming (1908), Edmond Halley (1656), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Arthur Evans (1851), Peter Ustinov (1921), and Gary Oldman (1958). After him are Olivia Newton-John (1948), Richard Trevithick (1771), Alec Guinness (1914), Owen Willans Richardson (1879), Graham Chapman (1941), and Anthony Giddens (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelred I, King of Wessex ranks 50. Before him are Clement Attlee (1883), Harold Godwinson (1022), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), James II of England (1633), and David Lloyd George (1863). After him are Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Liz Truss (1975), Richard Cromwell (1626), Æthelred the Unready (968), Randal Cremer (1828), and Harold Macmillan (1894).

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