[45], Gloucester seems to have been the main seat of Æthelred's and Æthelflæd's power,[46] and before 900 they founded a new minster there, dedicated to St Peter. Æthelwold expected to be bequeathed lands in the will of his uncle, but these would have provided little recompense for the loss of the crown. Aethelred appears to be both the perfect match for Aethelflaed and a good ally for Alfred as he strives to extend his influence outside Wessex. Welsh kings joined Æthelred to meet the Vikings at the Battle of Buttington, where according to Smyth "these invaders were utterly routed ... in what was the most decisive battle in the war", although Marios Costambeys states that the Vikings eventually cut their way out and retreated back to Essex. Later in the year, a larger Viking force marched from Essex through Mercia to the Welsh border, followed by Æthelred with a joint force of Mercians and West Saxons. Cnutâs army had not completed its preparations and, in April 1014, he decided to withdraw from England without a fight leaving his Lindsey allies to suffer Æthelredâs revenge. All music rights reserved to Colby Griffin and Ethan Pawlak and partnership with DP Studios. [48], Æthelred's status is unclear, and this is reflected in the varying titles given to him by different historians. The first episode focuses on the Danish characters, while they do act cruel to the Anglo-Saxons they are also fun-loving and one of them, Earl Ragner, shows much affection to Uhtred. Place of birth: Unknown. Æthelred was the lord of Mercia and the husband of Æthelflæd. This is supported by one independent piece of evidence. Edward's charters show Æthelred and Æthelflæd as accepting his royal authority, but their own charters make no reference to an overlord, and some use expressions such as "holding, governing and defending the sole rule of the Mercians", which come close to describing them as king and queen. Æthelred of Mercia was a main character in both The Saxon Stories novel series, and The Last Kingdom television series. Mercia was the dominant kingdom in southern England in the eighth century, and maintained its position until it suffered a decisive defeat by King Egbert of Wessex at the Battle of Ellendun in 825. [7] He may have been related to King Alfred's Mercian father-in-law, Æthelred Mucel, and brother-in-law, Æthelwulf, who appears to have been a member of Æthelred's court from the mid 880s. [8][9] Æthelred may have been the man of the same name who attested two Mercian charters in the late 860s,[10] but he is not listed in the two surviving charters of Ceolwulf. The Last Kingdom is set in ninth-century England when Alfred the Great ruled Wessex and eventually became King of the Anglo-Saxons. Æthelred II, also known as Ethelred II, or Æthelred âthe Unreadyâ, is a teenager when he succeeds his brother as King of England in 978. [57] To the Welsh and Irish looking east, Mercian rulers still kept all their old regality until Æthelflæd's death in 918, and Nick Higham argues that: "Celtic visions of Æthelred and Æthelflæd as king and queen certainly offer a different, and equally valid, contemporary take on the complex politics of this transition to a new English state."[58]. A: Heâs an ambitious boy-man who hasnât really developed an emotional maturity. He himself then sent my mother and myself away under the care of a bishop of Wessex, the kingdom of King Æthelred, the last of two sons of Æthelwulf and grandson of the mighty Egbert, who once held a great deal of respect from those in Northumbria as well. Æthelred's wife, Osthryth, was a daughter of King Oswiu, one of the dominant 7th-century Northumbrian kings. Æthelwold of Wessex was a main character in both The Saxon Stories novel series and The Last Kingdom television series. [4], In 877 the Vikings divided Mercia, taking the eastern part for themselves and leaving Ceolwulf with the west. The alliance was cemented by the marriage of Æthelred to Alfred's daughter Æthelflæd. For much of the time, Alfred had been in the west country defending Devonshire, and in the view of Richard Abels: "King Alfred had little to do directly with the great victories enjoyed by the English in 893–896. He spent the next three years fighting them alongside Alfred's son, the future King Edward the Elder. The same year, Burgred married Æthelwulf's daughter. His passing was noted in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in an entry that was probably written within a decade of his death:. During the first episode, Uhtred's father and his army are slaughtered by the Danes soon after they arrive by sea. Q: Talk us through the character of Aethelred? Neither Edgar (959-975) nor his son Æ thelred (978-1016) came to the throne free from controversy. When Æthelred died in London on 23 April 1016 [see below], he held little more than London and the surrounding area. Also check out our guest's social media and other projects in the links below. [22], Anglo-Saxon London, called Lundenwic, was located a mile west of Roman Londinium, but Lundenwic was undefended, and the restoration was carried out inside the walls of the old Roman city, especially an area close to the River Thames now called Queenhithe, but which was then known as Æthelred's Hythe after its Mercian ruler. 296–298, Stafford, "'The Annals of Æthelflæd', p. 112, Keynes, "Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons", pp. Saxon 1 - The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell Author:Bernard Cornwell , Date: April 11, 2014 ,Views: 106 ... Englishmen talk of the battle of Æscâs Hill, they speak of God giving the West Saxons the victory because King Æthelred and his brother Alfred were praying when the Danes appeared. In 883 they freed Berkeley Abbey from obligations to the king's feorm (payments in kind), and in 887 they confirmed the possession of land and transferred manpower to Pyrton Minster in Oxfordshire. Osthryth was murdered in unknown circumstances in 697, and in 704 Æthelred abdicated, leaving the throne to Wulfhere's son Coenred. Æthelred moved quickly to restore the area; in 889 he and Alfred granted property there to the Bishop of Worcester, and in 899 they made another grant to the Archbishop of Canterbury. His rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking-ruled Danelaw.Æthelred's ancestry is unknown. [50] West Saxon sources refer to him as an ealdorman, emphasising Mercian subordination to the West Saxon monarchy, whereas Mercian ones describe him as Lord of the Mercians, and Celtic ones sometimes as King of Mercia. Also, he doesnât understand women and the fact that they can be powerful. Music by Dan Bonnett (C) 2019. Download and listen to this talk on any podcast host or go to our page at: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hfs4t-ea2cc4TSC instagram: @thescreenchronicles_ TSC twitter: @ColbyandSteve Toby Regbo links and social media: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2269396/Instagram: @tobyregboTwitter: @toby_regbo #thelastkingdom #castinterview ...Images copyright to The Last Kingdom/Carnival Films. Æthelred, Lord of Mercia was born 9999 in England, United Kingdom (Mercia) and died 911 inEngland, United Kingdom (Mercia) of unspecified causes. 5–6, Heighway, "Gloucester and the new minster of St Oswald", pp. [4], Æthelred's descent is unknown, and he does not appear to have been closely related to his immediate predecessors, although his name suggests possible descent from earlier Mercian kings. "[31], In the last years of the ninth century, three sub-ealdormen ruled Mercia under Æthelred. [5] Alfred P. Smyth suggests that the Chronicle's account reflects bias in Alfred's favour, and that Æthelred took charge because he had a greater role in London's recovery than the West Saxon chronicler was willing to admit. Burgred was joined by King Æthelred of Wessex and his brother, the future King Alfred, for a combined attack on the Vikings, but they refused an engagement and in the end the Mercians bought peace with them. [2], In 865 the Viking Great Heathen Army landed in East Anglia, and used it as a starting point for an invasion. One of the burhs was Worcester, where Æthelred worked with its bishop and used the standing Roman walls in the town's defences. King Eadwig succeeded his uncle in 955, while his brother Edgar was declared king in Mercia and the ⦠103, 108, Ryan, "Conquest, Reform and the Making of England", p. 298, Lyon, "The Coinage of Edward the Elder", p. 67, Keynes, "Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons", p. 43, Keynes, "Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons", pp. [8] In the view of Ian Walker: "He was a royal ealdorman whose power base lay in the south-west of Mercia in the former kingdom of the Hwicce around Gloucester. 52–54, Keynes, "King Alfred and the Mercians", p. 37, n. 159, Ryan, "Conquest, Reform and the Making of England", pp. After Æthelred's death, Æthelflæd ruled as Lady of the Mercians until her own death in 918. His son, Edward, and his ealdormen, in particular his son-in-law, Æthelred, had won the glory. Keynes regards the designation "K. [King] Æthelred II" in the Handbook of British Chronology as a "delightfully provocative" extension of the "received wisdom" that Mercia retained a real measure of independence in Æthelred's time. At almost the same time as Alfred's victory over the Vikings in 878 at the Battle of Edington, Ceolwulf defeated and killed Rhodri Mawr, king of the north Welsh territory of Gwynedd. [41] Martin Ryan also makes no mention of a decline in Æthelred's health, describing him as joining Edward in encouraging thegns to purchase land in Viking territories. [5] Cyril Hart and Maggie Bailey believe that it occurred by 902. The bones were translated to the new Gloucester minster, which was renamed St Oswald's Priory in his honour. [5] Thereafter he usually acted with Alfred's permission, but issued some charters in his own name without reference to Alfred, such as at a meeting in Risborough in Buckinghamshire in 884, showing that English Mercia extended quite far south-east towards London. Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (or Ealdorman Æthelred of Mercia; died 911) became ruler of English Mercia shortly after the death of its last king, Ceolwulf II in 879. Æthelflæd died in 918, and their daughter Ælfwynn briefly ruled Mercia until deposed by Edward the Elder, who took the territory under his direct control. In the view of Ann Williams, "though he accepted West Saxon overlordship, Æthelred behaved rather as a king of Mercia than an ealdorman",[50] and Charles Insley states that Mercia remained an independent kingdom until 920. [14] By 883, Æthelred had accepted Alfred's lordship. Played by Toby Regbo. [42] In Michael Livingston's view, he campaigned with Edward in Northumbria in 909, and may have died as a result of wounds sustained at the Battle of Tettenhall in 910. Forced to flee. [47] The historian Martin Ryan sees the new minster as something like a Mercian royal mausoleum, to replace the one at Repton destroyed by the Vikings. [44], After Æthelred's death in 911, Æthelflæd ruled as "Lady of the Mercians", but she did not inherit the Mercian territories of London and Oxford, which were taken by Edward. [21] Some versions of the Chronicle state that Alfred besieged London in 883, and Simon Keynes argues that Alfred probably took London at that time and that the "occupation" in 886 may have been a restoration of London's defences following Viking attacks close to the city in 885. [27] In King Alfred's will, drawn up in the 880s, Æthelred was left a sword worth 100 mancuses. Wessex, to the south, was the last kingdom standing. Both of them succeeded their elder brothers, who reigned only briefly. The Last Kingdom airs on Netflix and the popular historical drama has been renewed for a fifth season. [36], Some historians believe that at an unknown time in the decade 899 to 909, Æthelred's health collapsed and Æthelflæd became the effective ruler of Mercia. His rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking-ruled Danelaw. The East Anglians were forced to buy peace, and the following year the Vikings invaded Northumbria, where they established an obscure Northumbrian man called Egbert as puppet king in 867. [27][53] The late tenth-century chronicler Æthelweard, in his annal for 893, called Æthelred "King of the Mercians", but recorded his death in 911 as that of the "Lord of the Mercians". [1] The Mercians traditionally held overlordship over Wales, and in 853 King Burgred of Mercia obtained the assistance of King Æthelwulf of Wessex in an invasion of Wales in order to reassert their hegemony. Toby Regbo portrays lord of Mercia, Æthelred on The Last Kingdom, as well as young Dumbledore in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. In 886 Alfred took possession of London, and according to Asser he "restored" the city and "made it habitable again". No original charter of Edward survives, and S 221, The "Mercian Register" (also known as the "Annals of Æthelflæd") is the name given by historians to entries from 902 to 924 in several versions of the, Keynes, "King Alfred and the Mercians", p. 19, Keynes, "King Alfred and the Mercians", pp. "[56] [18] Historians, however, disagree about the circumstances. Æthelwold was King Æthelred's son and Alfred's nephew. Both bishops were, like Æthelred, Mercians and strong allies of King Alfred, who had the right to all tolls from markets along the river bank. In 892 the Vikings renewed their attacks, and the following year Æthelred led an army of Mercians, West Saxons and Welsh to victory over a Viking army at the Battle of Buttington. 21–24, Keynes, "King Alfred and the Mercians", pp. [4][5] The Vikings went on to attack Wessex, leaving Ceolwulf free to renew Mercian claims of hegemony in Wales. According to a transcript dating from 1304 in York's archives, in 925 Æthelstan gave a grant of privileges to St Oswald's Priory in Gloucester "according to a pact of paternal piety which formerly he pledged with Æthelred, ealdorman of the people of the Mercians". Charles-Edwards suggests that in 881–882 he tried to maintain his dominance in south-east Wales, but Alfred offered his protection to Glywysing and Gwent, and in 882–883 Æthelred accepted that West Saxon power made continued independence impossible. Æthelred then launched an expedition against Cnut and his allies, the men of the Kingdom of Lindsey. They then moved on to Nottingham in Mercia, where they spent the winter of 867–868. In 886, Alfred took possession of London, which had suffered greatly from several Viking occupations; as it had traditionally been a Mercian town, he handed control to Æthelred. [5] They had a daughter, Ælfwynn, and according to the twelfth century chronicler, William of Malmesbury, she was their only child. [17], London suffered severely from Viking attacks and was several times occupied by Viking armies. Ethelred the Unready, also spelled Aethelred, also called Ethelred II, or Aethelred Unraed, (born 968?âdied April 23, 1016, London, England), king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. [16], After the Battle of Edington in 878, Alfred established a network of fortified settlements, called burhs, in Wessex to protect his people and territory against Viking attacks, and when Æthelred accepted Alfred's lordship the burhs were extended into Mercia. ent kingdom under Æthelred and Æthelflæd but they agree that Æthelflæd was a great ruler who played an important part in the conquest of the Danelaw. [28], In 892, two Viking armies attacked eastern England, and Æthelred took part in the defence. Heâs quite scared of the idea of not being able to control his marriage because if he canât con Last time I gave a brief overview of the events leading up to the reign of Æthelred the 'Unready', son of King Edgar. Both Æthelred and Æthelflæd were buried there. Æthelred's descent is unknown, and he does not appear to have been closely related to his immediate predecessors, although his name suggests possible descent from earlier Mercian kings. Alhhelm was responsible for the lands bordering the northern Danelaw. The first installment of Bernard Cornwellâs New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, âlike Game of Thrones, but realâ (The Observer, London)âthe basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.. [43], According to William of Malmesbury, King Edward's eldest son, the future King Æthelstan, was sent to be brought up at the court of Æthelred and Æthelflæd after Edward remarried in about 900. [5][29] In 893, Æthelred brought troops from London to join Alfred's son Edward against a Viking army at Thorney in Buckinghamshire, but the Vikings were too strong for a direct attack so they were allowed to leave English territory. Æthelred's ancestry is unknown. Æthelred succeeded to the throne on Æthelberht's death in 865, and he married Wulfthrythat an unknown date. Even Cornwell admits in his historical notes the real Æthelred was a great hero and he has done him a great disservice for the drama of his story to create a rivalry between him and Uhtred. Make sure to watch Toby Regbo on The Last Kingdom streaming on Netflix now! Æthelreds ancestry is unknown. The Last Kingdom: Meet the New Season 4 Characters. 42–43, Keynes, "Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons", pp. Æthelwold was a son of Æthelred I, king of Wessex from 865â71, and nephew of Alfred the Great. [32] Keynes sees Æthelfrith as an ealdorman of West Saxon origin, probably appointed by Alfred to look after his interests in south-east Mercia. Æthelred became a monk at Bardney, a monastery which he had founded with his wife, and was buried there. When King Edward died in 924, Æthelstan initially faced opposition at the West Saxon court, but was accepted as king in Mercia. 24–25, Keynes, "King Alfred and the Mercians", p. 27, Charles-Edwards, "Alliances, Godfathers", p. 57, Keynes, "King Alfred and the Mercians", p. 21, n. 90, Keynes, "Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons", pp. On the show, King Alfred is, of course, based on Alfred the great, therefore the show's era is accurate to his character. Nov 15, 2020 - Explore Marsha Carew's board "The Last Kingdom" on Pinterest. In t s s the Vikings partitioned Mercia, taking [55], Pauline Stafford comments that "Alfred's dominance in the 890s over Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, was as debatable at the time as it still is. Æthelred is born in the 960s to formidable parents. In 901 they gave land to Much Wenlock Abbey, and donated a gold chalice weighing thirty mancuses in honour of its former abbess, Saint Mildburgh. [23], After the restoration of London, Alfred received the submission of "all the English people who were not under subjection to the Danes",[25] and the alliance between Wessex and Mercia was cemented by the marriage of Æthelred to Alfred's oldest daughter, Æthelflæd. See more ideas about the last kingdom, kingdom, uhtred of bebbanburg. She is first recorded as Æthelred's wife in a charter of 887, but Keynes thinks that the marriage may have taken place two or three years earlier,[26] and the historian Maggie Bailey dates it to between 882 and 887, with the most likely political context being the occupation of London in 886. [20] Marios Costambeys takes a similar view, arguing that Alfred's decision was probably due to the need to maintain unity among the English who were outside Viking territory. The area had been under the rule of that dynasty since 519 AD. [a] In 903 they negotiated a settlement over a former monastic estate which the bishops of Worcester had been trying to recover since the 840s, and Bishop Wærferth wrote "we never could get anywhere until Æthelred became lord of the Mercians". Our first look at Uhtredâs new rival, grown-up daughter, her love interest, and Aethelredâs new mistress in The Last Kingdom ⦠Egbert briefly conquered Mercia, but it recovered its independence in 830, and thereafter the two kingdoms became allies, which was to be an important factor in English resistance to the Vikings. The following year, the Vikings conquered East Anglia. In 909 a West Saxon and Mercian army raided Viking territory and seized the bones of the Northumbrian king and martyr, St Oswald, from Bardney in Lincolnshire. West Saxon kings' wives had a low status in the ninth century and very little is known about them. His rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking-ruled Danelaw. By 883, he had been replaced by Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, who became ruler of Mercia with ⦠Let us know your favorite works and/or moments from Toby Regbo in the comments below! Over the next two generations Worcester was transformed from an ecclesiastical settlement to a town with a diverse population of craftsmen. This was described by Welsh annals as "revenge by God for Rhodri". Æthelred's ancestry is unknown. Prince Æthelred of Wessex(meaning Noble Counsel in Old English) was the son of Judith and Aethelwulf heir to the throne of Wessex and half-brother of Judith's bastard son (with Athelstan) KingAlfred. His rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking-ruled Danelaw. [7] Æthelred was probably much older than his wife. [13] According to Alfred's Welsh biographer Asser, Æthelred's "might and tyrannical behaviour" forced these kingdoms to submit to the protection of King Alfred's lordship. Æthelflæd was born into this world of war and looming invasion probably a year before Alfred came to the throne of Wessex in AD 871. 1. At some time in the decade 899 to 909, Æthelred's health may have declined, and Æthelflæd may have become the effective ruler of Mercia. He married Æthelflæd (c872-918) 886 JL in England, United Kingdom. The defeat forced Æthelred to abandon his ambitions in north Wales, but he continued to exercise overlordship over the south-eastern Welsh kingdoms of Glywysing and Gwent. For others named Æthelred, see Æthelred of Wessexor Æthelred Mucel. He ended his days on St. Georgeâs day; having held his kingdom ⦠Keynes points out that according to Asser, the Welsh king Anarawd submitted to Alfred on the same terms as Æthelred—"Namely that in every respect he would be obedient to the royal will". Toby Regbo | Portraying Æthelred on The Last Kingdom - YouTube Don't forget to check out our other cast chats with members from The Last Kingdom and our Season 4 recaps and please like and subscribe! The couple's only child, a daughter called Ælfwynn, then ruled briefly until deposed by her uncle, King Edward. In 1006 King Æthelred ⦠He was probably the leader of an unsuccessful Mercian invasion of Wales in 881, and soon afterwards he acknowledged the lordship of King Alfred the Great of Wessex. [59][60][c] However, Keynes also says: This article is about the Lord of the Mercians. [19] According to Frank Stenton, Alfred recovered London by force from the Vikings and handed it to Æthelred because it had previously been a Mercian town, and he respected the traditions of other kingdoms.
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