In fact, sources suggest that Aethelred cooperated with his wife, and may well have done the bidding of King Alfred as a kind of puppet king. But what say the history books? Is there evidence that the real Aethelred was such a swine? Aethelred’s a dangerous egotist driven by self-regard, with no concern for his people. Toby Regbo’s character in the series is a cowardly, scheming, abusive rapist who tries to have his wife murdered and plots to overthrow his father-in-law, King Alfred of Wessex. In Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom, “complete shit” doesn’t begin to cover Aethelred. That’s exactly the question we’re asking. “The leading question I think you’re asking,” he laughs, “is was he really such a complete shit?” Den of Geek is speaking to Professor Ryan Lavelle about Early Medieval ruler ealdorman Aethelred of Mercia.
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