Ethered, lord of the Mercians

Also known as: Alderman Ethered / Ethelred / Ethered · Family: West-Saxons · Role: alderman · First appears: A.D. 878–890

Life events

886 · Alfred entrusted London to Ethered to hold under him.(A.D. 878–890 · 📍 London)
- With: Alfred
- “He then committed the city to the care of Alderman Ethered, to hold it under him.”
894 · Ethered's forces fought the enemy; Ordhelm and many others were slain.(A.D. 891–895 · 📍 Buttington)
- With: Ordhelm
- “Then went they out to the men that sat on the eastern side of the river, and fought with them; but the Christians had the victory. And there Ordhelm, the king's thane, was slain; and also many other king's thanes; and of the Danes there were many slain, and that part of them that came away escaped only by flight.”
910 · Ethelred, ealdor of the Mercians, died.(A.D. 910–920)
- “And Ethelred, ealdor of the Mercians, died;”
912 · Ethered, alderman of Mercia, died.(A.D. 910–920)
- “This year died Ethered, alderman of Mercia;”

lord / consecrator: Alfred “He then committed the city to the care of Alderman Ethered, to hold it under him.”

with Hasten (The text calls Ethered Hasten's compeer.) “And as soon as they came to Bamfleet, and the work was built, then plundered he in the same quarter of his kingdom that Ethered his compeer should have held; and at another time he was plundering in the same district when his work was destroyed.”
with Hasten (One of Hasten's unnamed sons was Ethered's godson.) “And Hasten's wife and her two sons they brought to the king, who returned them to him, because one of them was his godson, and the other Alderman Ethered's.”

child: Elfwina “the daughter of Ethelred, lord of the Mercians, was deprived of all dominion over the Mercians, and carried into Wessex, three weeks before mid-winter; she was called Elfwina.”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.