401. Gwiard of Man , King of Gwynedd
7th in descent from Uther Pendragon
Ethelred (Æthelred) , King of Mercia
Benefactor of many churches in several provinces and at last retired to a monastery.
He succeeded his brother Wulfhere in 674 and early on spent most of his time in warfare. In 676 he ravished Kent, taking Rochester. In 679, in a battle on the banks of the Trent, he defeated the Northumbrians, taking the province of Lindsey. Aelfwine, the brother of Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria, was slain on this occation, but at the intervention of Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, Æthelred agreed to pay a wergild for the Northumbrian prince and so prevented further hostilities. Æthelred abdicated in 704, choosing his nephew Cenred as his succesor. He then became the Abbott of Bardney.
(Enc. Brit. 1:124]
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