Reign of Æthelred I
865–871 · Event
King of Wessex 865–871; fought the Viking Great Heathen Army with his brother Alfred. Died of wounds shortly after the Battle of Merton.
On these timelines: England, England: Monarchs, United Kingdom (combined), Alfred and the Vikings, Master
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