Ethelred of Mercia

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:alliance Marriage to a daughter of Wulfhere
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Repton
gptkbp:children unknown
gptkbp:contemporary Bede
gptkbp:culturalContribution Support_of_Christianity
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Influence_on_later_English_kings
gptkbp:culturalImpact Patron of monasteries
Promoted literacy and learning
gptkbp:deathYear 704
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Ceolred_of_Mercia
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Mercian_royal_family
gptkbp:era Early medieval period
gptkbp:father gptkb:Penda_of_Mercia
gptkbp:historical_analysis Studied_by_historians_of_Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_heptarchy
Post-Penda_era
gptkbp:historicalFigures Contemporary_of_other_Anglo-Saxon_kings.
gptkbp:historicalImpact Consolidation_of_power_in_Mercia
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Foundation_for_future_Mercian_kings
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkb:Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Mentioned in various chronicles
Key_figure_in_Mercian_history
Influence_on_the_formation_of_England
Significant_in_the_unification_of_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ethelred of Mercia
gptkbp:knownFor Strengthening_Mercian_power
gptkbp:legacy Mercian_supremacy_in_the_7th_century
gptkbp:militaryRank Led Mercian forces
Against_Northumbrians
gptkbp:mother unknown
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Winwaed
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Mercian_heptarchy
Strengthened_Mercian_alliances
gptkbp:politicalPosition Diplomatic marriages
Faced opposition from rival kingdoms
gptkbp:politicalRole Regional ruler
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Wulfhere_of_Mercia
gptkbp:region Dominated_central_England
gptkbp:reign Expansion of territory
29 years
c. 675–704
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse Unknown spouse
gptkbp:successor gptkb:King_of_Mercia
gptkb:Ceolred_of_Mercia
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_Mercia