biography
| name: |
Ethelred I
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also spelled Æthelred
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pronunciation:
[ethelred]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.830–71)
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| biography:
| King of Wessex (865–71), the elder brother of Alfred the Great. During his reign, the Danes launched their main invasion of England and established their kingdom (866). He died soon after his victory over the invaders at Ashdown, in the former county of Berkshire. |
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