{"slug": "thelred-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelred of Mercia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_of_Mercia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272212", "qid": "Q272212", "description": "King of Mercia", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [645, 916], "span_label": ["645 CE", "916 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "surrey", "label": "Surrey", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ecgfrith-of-northumbria", "label": "Ecgfrith of Northumbria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglican-diocese-of-rochester", "label": "Anglican Diocese of Rochester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfred-the-great", "label": "Alfred the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelfld", "label": "Æthelflæd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brycheiniog", "label": "Brycheiniog", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 645, "year_label": "645 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Æthelred, king of Mercia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973672#Births", "title": "645", "revid": 1347973672, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Wulfhere of Mercia dies after a 17-year reign, in which he has extended his sway over much of England south of the Humber River, including Essex, Surrey, and part of Wessex north of the Thames. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother Æthelred.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Britain", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 676, "year_label": "676 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia invades Kent, in an attempt to enforce overlordship and diminish Kentish influence in Surrey and London. His armies destroy the Diocese of Rochester (seat of the bishops in West Kent), and ravage the surrounding countryside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938815#Britain", "title": "676", "revid": 1365938815, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 678, "year_label": "678 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia defeats the Northumbrian forces under King Ecgfrith, in a battle near the River Trent. Archbishop Theodore helps to resolve differences between the two, Æthelred agreeing to pay a weregild to avoid any resumption of hostilities (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352010309#Britain", "title": "678", "revid": 1352010309, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 679, "year_label": "679 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia marries Princess Osthryth, sister of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204947#Britain", "title": "AD 679", "revid": 1349204947, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 688, "year_label": "688 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia establishes Mercian dominance over most of Southern England. He installs Oswine, minor member of the Kentish royal family (second cousin of king Eadric), as king of Kent. Prince Swæfheard of Essex is given West Kent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806290#Britain", "title": "688", "revid": 1340806290, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 691, "year_label": "691 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Wilfrid, abbot of Ripon, tries to make himself bishop of all Northumbria. King Aldfrith seizes many of his Ripon Abbey estates, and proposes to create a bishopric there. Wilfrid is banished and flees to Mercia, where King Æthelred makes him bishop of Leicester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806265#Religion", "title": "691", "revid": 1340806265, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 704, "year_label": "704 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred I abdicates the throne after a 30-year reign and becomes an abbot at Bardney (Lincolnshire). He is succeeded by his nephew Cenred (Coenred), a son of the late king Wulfhere, who becomes ruler of Mercia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468074#Britain", "title": "704", "revid": 1364468074, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 709, "year_label": "709 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Æthelred, king of Mercia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807109#Deaths", "title": "709", "revid": 1340807109, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 916, "year_label": "916 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Lady Æthelflæd, daughter of the late King Alfred the Great and the widow of Earl Æthelred of Mercia, sends an army into Brycheiniog to avenge the murder of the Mercian abbot Ecbryht and his companions. They seize and burn the royal fort of King Tewdr of Brycheiniog at Llangorse Lake (Wales), and take the queen and thirty-three others captive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352766259#Britain", "title": "916", "revid": 1352766259, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}