tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45473770051933575142024-10-24T11:41:57.999-07:00A visual history of Great Britains monarchy.Æthelron the Fortunatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17589060392349771212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547377005193357514.post-49725570448224103942011-05-04T13:13:00.000-07:002011-05-04T13:13:57.849-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Ethelred_coin.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Ethelred_coin.gif" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not to be confused with the later king&nbsp;Æthelred the Unready,&nbsp;Æthelred I of Wessex reigned between 865-871 AD. During his reign,&nbsp;Æthelred suffered multiple defeats to the Danes, including the Battle of Reading in 871.</div>Æthelron the Fortunatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17589060392349771212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547377005193357514.post-37098128625224736962011-05-04T13:08:00.000-07:002011-05-04T13:08:21.416-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Ethelbert,_King_of_Kent_from_All_Souls_College_Chapel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Ethelbert,_King_of_Kent_from_All_Souls_College_Chapel.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /> Previously the under-king during his father, Æthelwulf's, trip to Rome. Following&nbsp;Æthelwulf's death in 860 AD,&nbsp;Æthelberht took the throne permanently until his own demise in 865 AD.Æthelron the Fortunatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17589060392349771212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547377005193357514.post-26033918961293111722011-05-03T15:41:00.000-07:002011-05-03T15:59:35.669-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Aethelbald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Aethelbald.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">King&nbsp;Æthelbald (roughly translated as 'Noble Bold') ruled until his death in 860 AD.</div>Æthelron the Fortunatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17589060392349771212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547377005193357514.post-78694456557854267272011-05-03T15:39:00.000-07:002011-05-03T15:39:25.507-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Athelwulf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Athelwulf.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">Following Egberts death in 839 AD, King&nbsp;Æthelwulf of Wessex ruled over England until his death in 856 AD.</div>Æthelron the Fortunatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17589060392349771212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547377005193357514.post-5265952657933173292011-05-03T15:18:00.000-07:002011-05-03T15:32:30.474-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Egbert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Egbert.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">King Egbert of Wessex was the first monarch to take the English throne in 802 AD, after returning from the exile imposed on him by Offa of Mercia.<br /> <br /> N.B. Offa of Mercia had previously ruled over England between 774-796 AD but a traditional list of monarchs begins with Egbert of Wessex.</div><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /> </span></span>Æthelron the Fortunatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17589060392349771212noreply@blogger.com0