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'''Æthelred I''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Æthel-ræd''; 845/848 – 871) was King of [[Wessex]] from 865 until his death.
'''Æthelred I''' ({{Wiki|Old English}}: ''Æthel-ræd''; 845/848 – 871) was King of [[Wessex]] from 865 until his death.


He was also the [[Grand Maegester of the Order of the Ancients|Grand Maegester]] of the [[Order of the Ancients]], a position he inherited from his father, King [[Æthelwulf, King of Wessex|Æthelwulf]]. Following Æthelred's death in 871, the throne and the position of Grand Maegester was passed to his brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]].<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Poor Fellow-Soldier]]</ref>
He was also the [[Grand Maegester of the Order of the Ancients|Grand Maegester]] of the [[Order of the Ancients]], a position he inherited from his father, King [[Æthelwulf, King of Wessex|Æthelwulf]]. Following Æthelred's death in 871 from a [[spear]] to the stomach in the [[Battle of Bedwyn|Battle]] of [[Bedwyn]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga]]'' – Chapter 16</ref> the throne and the position of Grand Maegester was passed to his brother [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]].<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Poor Fellow-Soldier]]</ref>


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Æthelred I (Old English: Æthel-ræd; 845/848 – 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death.

He was also the Grand Maegester of the Order of the Ancients, a position he inherited from his father, King Æthelwulf. Following Æthelred's death in 871 from a spear to the stomach in the Battle of Bedwyn,[1] the throne and the position of Grand Maegester was passed to his brother Alfred.[2]

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