The show never dived into how he was brought up, but it must have been hectic if his behavior in the show is anything to go by. [19] According to Frank Stenton, Alfred recovered London by force from the Vikings and handed it to Æthelred because it had previously been a Mercian town, and he respected the traditions of other kingdoms. Plotting to kill his own wife after he himself pushed her away was just too evil of him. Video - "The Last Kingdom" Season 3Music - Sofia Karlberg - Crazy in love [51] Coinage issued in English Mercia in Ceolred's time named him as king, but in Æthelred's time it named the West Saxon king,[52] yet Æthelred issued some charters in his own name, implying royal authority. Aethelred, on the other hand, treated her as nothing more than another mistress, hurting her feelings without noticing. He is sometimes called "ealdorman",[49] but also "Lord of the Mercians"[41][50] and "subking". [5][29] In 893, Æthelred brought troops from London to join Alfred's son Edward against a Viking army at Thorney in Buckinghamshire, but the Vikings were too strong for a direct attack so they were allowed to leave English territory. Aethelred was a womanizer, but Aethelflaed was his rightful wife meaning, any heir to Mercia would have to come by her. He tormented her with the threat of breaking the peace with  Wessex if she didn't submit to him. When he refused to send for men to help undermine Edward's crowning as king, he understood that Mercia was only strong if it allied with a smart leader in Wessex, and Aethelwold wasn't that person. Eardwulf was only interested in the glory of his disgraced family; he didn't care about Aethelred and Mercia. While she was wrong to agree to her brother's plan, she still cared enough about Aethelred not to plan his death. “The Last Kingdom” Season 4 came to Netflix, bringing fans back to the continuing adventures of the intrepid Uhtred Ragnarson. His rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking-ruled Danelaw. A subreddit for "The Last Kingdom," the BBC/Netflix television show set in medieval England. [22], Anglo-Saxon London, called Lundenwic, was located a mile west of Roman Londinium, but Lundenwic was undefended, and the restoration was carried out inside the walls of the old Roman city, especially an area close to the River Thames now called Queenhithe, but which was then known as Æthelred's Hythe after its Mercian ruler. Episode 7 58m. Uhtred is the bridge between Saxons and Danes with friends on both sides of the divide. He had distanced himself from his family and didn't even have an idea of who could succeed him or be matched to Aelfwynn when he died. They then moved on to Nottingham in Mercia, where they spent the winter of 867–868. For other uses, see, 9th and 10th-century ruler of Mercia in England. diciembre 10, 2020; Sin categoría In Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom, “complete shit” doesn’t begin to cover Aethelred. etelredo the last kingdom. It only made him as bad a father as he was a king. Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, pronounced [æðelræːd]; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death. 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[3] They returned to Mercia in 872; two years later they expelled Burgred, and Ceolwulf became king with their support. The alliance was cemented by the marriage of Æthelred to Alfred's daughter Æthelflæd. •I was extremely glad Beocca pulled back from making Aethelflaed drink the potion – and also liked the fact it was clear he saw Thrya, remembered how men brutalised her and made his decision. Keynes points out that according to Asser, the Welsh king Anarawd submitted to Alfred on the same terms as Æthelred—"Namely that in every respect he would be obedient to the royal will". Ceolwulf suddenly dies right there before them. Æthelred's ancestry is unknown. Aethelred didn't even care to crosscheck the source of information before invading Daneland. He’s quite scared of the idea of not being able to control his marriage because if he can’t con See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Directed by . Chocolate Baby: Her pale skin and light hair mark her as a half-Dane, according to Aethelred. He has an eye for the fine interesting details that mainstream media ignores. [13] According to Alfred's Welsh biographer Asser, Æthelred's "might and tyrannical behaviour" forced these kingdoms to submit to the protection of King Alfred's lordship. 7. Through the course of Season 4, he stands by her bringing her victories and men when she needs them the most [39] In 1998 Keynes suggested that Æthelred may have been incapacitated by illness at the end of his life,[40] but in a summary of his career in 2014 Keynes does not mention this, stating that Æthelred and Æthelflæd cooperated with King Edward in campaigns against the Vikings. 296–298, Stafford, "'The Annals of Æthelflæd', p. 112, Keynes, "Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons", pp. The show is an adaption of Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling series of historical novels known as "The Saxon Stories." His failure to plan for the succession caused the crisis that nearly got Aelfwynn killed as Edward and Aethelflaed struggled over who would rule Mercia. The same year, Burgred married Æthelwulf's daughter. We’re first introduced to Aethelflaed, the future iron lady of Mercia, in the first season of Netflix’s The Last Kingdom. Content from both the books and the TV series are welcome! The Last Kingdom is on Netflix now and the Anglo-Saxon series is based on real events. The Last Kingdom (2015– ) Full Cast & Crew. [8] In the view of Ian Walker: "He was a royal ealdorman whose power base lay in the south-west of Mercia in the former kingdom of the Hwicce around Gloucester. •We met a new character in Osferth, Leofric’s nephew, Alfred’s illegitimate son, and a monk who would rather be a warrior: perhaps he can take lessons from Father Pyrlig. Toby Regbo, Actor: Mr. Nobody. [33], Evidence from charters show that Æthelred and Æthelflæd supported religious communities. Eardwulf also preferred to hide his mistakes from Aethelred rather than save Mercia. Aelfwynn's paternity is still in question, and Erik the Dane may well be her father, but Aethelred doesn't know that. •I loved Ian Hart’s pause and grin after asking God to strike him dow… Over the next two generations Worcester was transformed from an ecclesiastical settlement to a town with a diverse population of craftsmen. When Aethelflaed saw the man she was matched with, she was relieved because it wasn't an old man that would probably make her marriage unhappy but she was wrong. Alhhelm was responsible for the lands bordering the northern Danelaw. [27] In King Alfred's will, drawn up in the 880s, Æthelred was left a sword worth 100 mancuses. Charles-Edwards comments: When Æthelred made a grant to Berkeley Abbey in 883, he did it with the approval of King Alfred, thus acknowledging Alfred's lordship. The saddest part was that he left with all the soldiers leaving the whole kingdom at Cnut's mercy, making him the worst leader in Mercian history. Æthelred's ancestry is unknown. [14] By 883, Æthelred had accepted Alfred's lordship. He forced her to come to London in a battle against an enemy he didn't understand. He went down as the worst Saxon leader in The Last Kingdom. He was probably the leader of an unsuccessful Mercian invasion of Wales in 881, and soon afterwards he acknowledged the lordship of King Alfred the Great of Wessex. The East Anglians were forced to buy peace, and the following year the Vikings invaded Northumbria, where they established an obscure Northumbrian man called Egbert as puppet king in 867. Instead, he chose to dismiss the little girl, calling her a Half-Dane as an insult to Aethelflaed. If Aethelflaed had disclosed the plot to Alfred, the peace between Mercia and Wessex would have ended, which would have meant the end of his rule in Mercia as well. [59][60][c] However, Keynes also says: This article is about the Lord of the Mercians. Aethelred chose instead to stab him, forcing Aldhelm to switch loyalties. His ambition and hatred of Edward made him stupid as he sought to prove himself as the deserving king of the united England. The attempt also served to push Aethelflaed closer to Uhtred, which meant Aethelred had lost her forever. Æthelred moved quickly to restore the area; in 889 he and Alfred granted property there to the Bishop of Worcester, and in 899 they made another grant to the Archbishop of Canterbury. After Uhtred's failure at Bebbanburg, his attention is drawn to Aethelflaed. The bones were translated to the new Gloucester minster, which was renamed St Oswald's Priory in his honour. According to a transcript dating from 1304 in York's archives, in 925 Æthelstan gave a grant of privileges to St Oswald's Priory in Gloucester "according to a pact of paternal piety which formerly he pledged with Æthelred, ealdorman of the people of the Mercians". Instead, on the very night of their wedding, Aethelred turned into every woman's nightmare raping her yet she couldn't leave him because she loved Wessex and Mercia more than her own happiness. However, he died without achieving anything significant despite having lots of opportunities to do it. Lists of witnesses to charters show that Æthelred's witan (council) shared bishops and at least two ealdormen with Ceolwulf, but Ceolwulf's thegns all disappeared. Aethelred was an ambitious leader on The Last Kingdom with the wrong motive, always seeking to become greater by exterminating those around him. [41] Martin Ryan also makes no mention of a decline in Æthelred's health, describing him as joining Edward in encouraging thegns to purchase land in Viking territories. At almost the same time as Alfred's victory over the Vikings in 878 at the Battle of Edington, Ceolwulf defeated and killed Rhodri Mawr, king of the north Welsh territory of Gwynedd.