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On 12 December 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Æthelred I, King of Wessex to Æthelred I of Wessex. The result of the discussion was moved. |
A message on OTRS told us the coin Image:Athelred.gif is not Ethelred I of Wessex but Ethelred the Unready. I have absolutely no idea whether it is so. David.Monniaux 22:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
~John N. Cross
146.90.81.79 (
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[1]==== Misc ====
Added direct link through to DNB Wikisource in references.
Smd49 (
talk) 07:11, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
The coin is in fact an example of Aethelred II's Helmet type. Spinks 'Coins of England and the United Kingdom' (51st edition, 2015), catalogue number S.1152. John Nicholas Cross. — Preceding
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146.90.81.79 (
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The result of the move request was: consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. It is not entirely clear that the page should include "King", but following the move this naming is aligned with Æthelbald, King of Wessex, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, and Ecgberht, King of Wessex, some of which are featured articles. If necessary a new multimove request can be initiated to gauge consensus for removing "King" from the titles. Dekimasu よ! 22:41, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
Æthelred of Wessex → Æthelred I, King of Wessex – 1. The new title will be similar to the article titles for his elder brothers, Æthelbald, King of Wessex and Æthelberht, King of Wessex. 2. Æthelred of Wessex could refer to other men such as Æthelred the Unready. 3. He is not referred to as Æthelred of Wessex in reliable sources. He is shown as Æthelred [Ethelred] (d. 871) in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Æthelred I K. of Wessex in Stenton's Anglo-Saxon England; Æthelred I, king of Wessex 865-871 in A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain, Yorke's Wessex in the Early Middle Ages and in Abels' Alfred the Great; Æthelred king of Wessex in Keynes and Lapidge's Alfred the Great; Aethelred, king of the West Saxons in Kirby's The Earliest English Kings. Dudley Miles ( talk) 11:36, 23 December 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 12:52, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
@ Dudley Miles: hello! While translating this article into French, I found this image on Commons (it was badly categorized, like most images from the Portable Antiquities Scheme :/). I think it's a more interesting illustration than the one currently used in the #Coinage subsection, since it shows the parallels between the coins of Burgred and Æthelred. – Swa cwæð Ælfgar ( talk) 13:07, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Before I update the page to add his age when he died, I thought I would ask if there is some reason that his age is not already listed; forcing readers to do the math themselves? Christopher Rath ( talk) 03:41, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
"Æthelred's reign was important numismatically" is painfully vague; a word or two about what is meant by this would be surely beneficial to readers. Aza24 ( talk) 06:23, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 ( talk) 19:22, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
Æthelred I, King of Wessex → Æthelred I of Wessex – Per WP:NCROY the format X, King of Y is only used when there is one monarch named X (e.g. John, King of England). The normal format would be X (numeral) of Y ( Henry II of France). Векочел ( talk) 23:55, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
Æthelred I of Wessex is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | ||||||||||
This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on January 22, 2021. | ||||||||||
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This article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
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On 12 December 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Æthelred I, King of Wessex to Æthelred I of Wessex. The result of the discussion was moved. |
A message on OTRS told us the coin Image:Athelred.gif is not Ethelred I of Wessex but Ethelred the Unready. I have absolutely no idea whether it is so. David.Monniaux 22:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
~John N. Cross
146.90.81.79 (
talk)
[1]==== Misc ====
Added direct link through to DNB Wikisource in references.
Smd49 (
talk) 07:11, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
The coin is in fact an example of Aethelred II's Helmet type. Spinks 'Coins of England and the United Kingdom' (51st edition, 2015), catalogue number S.1152. John Nicholas Cross. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
146.90.81.79 (
talk) 13:25, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
References
The result of the move request was: consensus to move the page at this time, per the discussion below. It is not entirely clear that the page should include "King", but following the move this naming is aligned with Æthelbald, King of Wessex, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, and Ecgberht, King of Wessex, some of which are featured articles. If necessary a new multimove request can be initiated to gauge consensus for removing "King" from the titles. Dekimasu よ! 22:41, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
Æthelred of Wessex → Æthelred I, King of Wessex – 1. The new title will be similar to the article titles for his elder brothers, Æthelbald, King of Wessex and Æthelberht, King of Wessex. 2. Æthelred of Wessex could refer to other men such as Æthelred the Unready. 3. He is not referred to as Æthelred of Wessex in reliable sources. He is shown as Æthelred [Ethelred] (d. 871) in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Æthelred I K. of Wessex in Stenton's Anglo-Saxon England; Æthelred I, king of Wessex 865-871 in A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain, Yorke's Wessex in the Early Middle Ages and in Abels' Alfred the Great; Æthelred king of Wessex in Keynes and Lapidge's Alfred the Great; Aethelred, king of the West Saxons in Kirby's The Earliest English Kings. Dudley Miles ( talk) 11:36, 23 December 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. SITH (talk) 12:52, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
@ Dudley Miles: hello! While translating this article into French, I found this image on Commons (it was badly categorized, like most images from the Portable Antiquities Scheme :/). I think it's a more interesting illustration than the one currently used in the #Coinage subsection, since it shows the parallels between the coins of Burgred and Æthelred. – Swa cwæð Ælfgar ( talk) 13:07, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Before I update the page to add his age when he died, I thought I would ask if there is some reason that his age is not already listed; forcing readers to do the math themselves? Christopher Rath ( talk) 03:41, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
"Æthelred's reign was important numismatically" is painfully vague; a word or two about what is meant by this would be surely beneficial to readers. Aza24 ( talk) 06:23, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 ( talk) 19:22, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
Æthelred I, King of Wessex → Æthelred I of Wessex – Per WP:NCROY the format X, King of Y is only used when there is one monarch named X (e.g. John, King of England). The normal format would be X (numeral) of Y ( Henry II of France). Векочел ( talk) 23:55, 12 December 2021 (UTC)