Aethelred I

Aethelred I was King of Freland from 746 until 776, some people respect him as the First King of Freland because he took over the entire Peninsula however the first ever king was in 601.

Aethelred was born in 722 in the Frellish City of Hampton to his father King Cynewin II of Freland at a young age Aethelred became respected by the Frellish population after giving an inspiring speech when he was 10 ,telling the people about how the invasion of Lothain should play out.

In 746 Aethelreds father died while on a hunting trip After this Aethelred was crowned King at Shaw Palace after this he immediately began planning an invasion of Lothain and Carton but first he invaded Frelands puppet state the Kingdom of Hornsea to gain more land capturing Clyde with in a year and then he launched his invasion of Carton which was the weak link of the two northern kingdoms the Kingdom fell within a year and now Aethelred could focus his full attention on Lothain which eventually in 752 he began his invasion of Lothain with him capturing Crownham within a year after this he had full control of the Peninsula.

After taking control of his neighbours Aethelred became respected by the powers of Anatolia however the kingdom of Gothburg was not happy as they saw the Kingdom of Freland as a threat to their power in the Peninsula because Gothburg had spheres of influence in the Southern Kingdoms which over the last few decades Freland had conquered and so Gothburg began an invasion to protecte their interests within a few weeks they captured Easthampton but Athelred sent his best forces and they soon retreated Aethelred then pushed into Gothburgs territory capturing the Gothburg town of Huaimeen which would later become the Frellish Town of Hayton after it Gothburg asked for peace which Aethelred agreed.

After this Aethelred began developing Freland he built many churches which pleased the priest improved the castles and built a huge castle in Hatton just in case Gothburg invaded he also made the Coastal city of Faro so more Ships and traders from Anatolia could come in after a while he began very friendly with the Priest with the priest sending Archbishop Beckett to Freland who was a Lothainian man who had left the country a few decades ago to became an Archbishop, Beckett soon became friends with the King with Aethelred giving him the position Grand Archbishop of Freland which the priest liked.

In 775 Aethelred came down with fever which would later turn out to be the Flu and after a few weeks on his death bed it is said that Aethelred had 6 royal guards around his death bed because he thought after his death his nobles would take all his gold eventually in 776 Aethelred died with his eldest son Edgar succeeding him as King.