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ETHELRED , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Mercia, succeeded his See also:brother See also:Wulfhere in A.D. 675. In 676 he ravaged See also:Kent with See also:fire and See also:sword, destroying the monasteries and churches and taking See also:Rochester. 'Ethelred married Osthryth, the See also:sister of See also:Ecgfrith, king of See also:Northumbria, but in spite of this connexion a See also:quarrel arose between the two See also:kings, presumably over the See also:possession of the See also:province of See also:Lindsey, which Ecgfrith had won back at the See also:close of the reign of Wulfhere. In a See also:battle on the See also:banks of the See also:Trent in 679, the king of Mercia was victorious and regained the province. 'Elfwine, the brother of Ecgfrith, was slain on this occasion, but at the intervention of See also:Theodore, See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, 'Ethelred agreed to pay a See also:wergild for the Northumbrian See also:prince and so prevented further hostilities. Osthryth was murdered in 697 and "Ethelred abdicated in 704, choosing Ccenred as his successor. He then became See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Bardney, and, according to See also:Eddius, recommended See also:Wilfrid to Ccenred on his return from See also:Rome. "Ethelred died at Bardney in 716.
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