Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians died in the year 911. He became ruler of Mercia shortly after the death of King Ceolred II circa 881. His ancestry is unknown, although his name suggests possible descent from earlier Mercian kings.
He is first recorded in 883, when he made a grant to Berkeley Abbey with the approval of King Alfred ("the Great") of Wessex.
Æthelred married Alfred's eldest daughter Æthelflæd between 882 and 887, and they had one child, a daughter called Ælfwynn.
Æthelred and Æthelflæd founded a new minster (Saint Peter's Abbey) at Gloucester in the late ninth century. In 909, due to increasing Viking presence in the area, the bones of St. Oswald were translated from Bardsey Abbey, in Lincolnshire, to the new minster, which was renamed Saint Oswald's Priory.
Æthelred, Lord of Mercia (d. 911) and Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia (d. 12 June 918) were buried there.
He is first recorded in 883, when he made a grant to Berkeley Abbey with the approval of King Alfred ("the Great") of Wessex.
Æthelred married Alfred's eldest daughter Æthelflæd between 882 and 887, and they had one child, a daughter called Ælfwynn.
Æthelred and Æthelflæd founded a new minster (Saint Peter's Abbey) at Gloucester in the late ninth century. In 909, due to increasing Viking presence in the area, the bones of St. Oswald were translated from Bardsey Abbey, in Lincolnshire, to the new minster, which was renamed Saint Oswald's Priory.
Æthelred, Lord of Mercia (d. 911) and Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia (d. 12 June 918) were buried there.
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians died in the year 911. He became ruler of Mercia shortly after the death of King Ceolred II circa 881. His ancestry is unknown, although his name suggests possible descent from earlier Mercian kings.
He is first recorded in 883, when he made a grant to Berkeley Abbey with the approval of King Alfred ("the Great") of Wessex.
Æthelred married Alfred's eldest daughter Æthelflæd between 882 and 887, and they had one child, a daughter called Ælfwynn.
Æthelred and Æthelflæd founded a new minster (Saint Peter's Abbey) at Gloucester in the late ninth century. In 909, due to increasing Viking presence in the area, the bones of St. Oswald were translated from Bardsey Abbey, in Lincolnshire, to the new minster, which was renamed Saint Oswald's Priory.
Æthelred, Lord of Mercia (d. 911) and Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia (d. 12 June 918) were buried there.
He is first recorded in 883, when he made a grant to Berkeley Abbey with the approval of King Alfred ("the Great") of Wessex.
Æthelred married Alfred's eldest daughter Æthelflæd between 882 and 887, and they had one child, a daughter called Ælfwynn.
Æthelred and Æthelflæd founded a new minster (Saint Peter's Abbey) at Gloucester in the late ninth century. In 909, due to increasing Viking presence in the area, the bones of St. Oswald were translated from Bardsey Abbey, in Lincolnshire, to the new minster, which was renamed Saint Oswald's Priory.
Æthelred, Lord of Mercia (d. 911) and Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia (d. 12 June 918) were buried there.
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