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Encyclopedia Britannica



ETHELRED

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 290 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: EMS-EUD
ETHELRED , king of Mercia, succeeded his brother
Wulfhere
  in A.D. 675. In 676 he ravaged Kent with fire and
sword
 , destroying the monasteries and churches and taking Rochester. 'Ethelred married Osthryth, the
sister
  of Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria, but in spite of this connexion a quarrel arose between the two kings, presumably over the possession of the province of
Lindsey
 , which Ecgfrith had won back at the close of the reign of
Wulfhere
 . In a
battle
  on the banks of the Trent in 679, the king of Mercia was victorious and regained the province. 'Elfwine, the brother of Ecgfrith, was slain on this occasion, but at the intervention of
Theodore
 , archbishop of
Canterbury
 , 'Ethelred agreed to pay a
wergild
  for the Northumbrian prince and so prevented further hostilities. Osthryth was murdered in 697 and "Ethelred abdicated in 704, choosing Ccenred as his successor. He then became abbot of Bardney, and, according to Eddius, recommended
Wilfrid
  to Ccenred on his return from Rome. "Ethelred died at Bardney in 716. (See
W ILFRID.)


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