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Ethelred Third son of Ethelwulf, Ethelred succeeded his brother Ethelbert and couldn't control the Danish raids that had been increasing during his brother's reign. He managed to quosh a Danish invasion at the Battle of Reading in 871 but lost his life in the Battle of Merton in the same year. He had two sons by his wife Wulfrida, the eldest named Ethelwald. He was succeeded by his brother Alfred the great.
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