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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 512,623 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Æthelred I, King of Wessex is the 1,376th most popular politician (up from 1,596th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 400th in 2019) and the 63rd 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 1,376 out of 15,577. Before him are Takeda Shingen, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, George Tupou V, Urho Kekkonen, Lothair of France, and Kurt Georg Kiesinger. After him are Alfonso V of Aragon, Anastasios II, Cyrus the Younger, Tongzhi Emperor, Baldwin II of Jerusalem, and Valerius Severus.

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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 324 out of 7,765. Before him are John Herschel (1792), Anne Neville (1456), Frederick Soddy (1877), Syd Barrett (1946), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), and Jon Lord (1941). After him are George Eliot (1819), G. K. Chesterton (1874), William Crookes (1832), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), and Ian McShane (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelred I, King of Wessex ranks 63. Before him are Harold Macmillan (1894), Richard Cromwell (1626), Halford Mackinder (1861), Æthelred the Unready (968), David II of Scotland (1324), and Anne Neville (1456). After him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Marie of Romania (1875), Tristan (535), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Æthelflæd (869), and Oswald Mosley (1896).

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