Æthelred I of Wessex

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Baronet
gptkbp:ancestor Cerdic of Wessex
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Wessex
gptkbp:battle Battle of Ashdown
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester_Cathedral
gptkbp:children gptkb:Aethelhelm
gptkb:Æthelhelm
gptkb:Edward_the_Elder
gptkb:Eadwig
gptkb:Eadburh
gptkb:Aethelgifu
Aethelwynn
Eadred
Edmund I
Edmund II
Eadgifu
Æthelstan
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence_on_later_English_monarchy
gptkbp:death 871
gptkbp:defeated Vikings
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:House_of_Wessex
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Wessex
gptkbp:father Æthelwulf
gptkbp:historicalContext Viking Age
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:Guthrum
gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
Hastings
Baldred of Kent
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Asser's Life of Alfred
Chronicles of the Anglo-Saxons
Wessex_Genealogies
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Early resistance to Viking expansion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Æthelred I of Wessex
gptkbp:knownFor fighting against Viking invasions
gptkbp:legacy Predecessor_to_Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:militaryRank Led_forces_against_Danes
gptkbp:mother Osburh
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Basing
Battle of Meretun
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_nobility
gptkbp:predecessor Æthelwulf
gptkbp:reign 6 years
865
Monarchical
Late 9th century
865–871
gptkbp:spouse Wulfrun
gptkbp:successor gptkb:King_of_Wessex
gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:title King of the Anglo-Saxons