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Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd,
pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23
April 1016),
known as
Æthelred the Unready, was King of the...
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Æthelred in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Æthelred (/ˈæθəlrɛd/; Old English: Æþelræd [ˈæðelræːd]) or
Ethelred (/ˈɛθəlrɛd/) is an Old English...
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Æthelred I (alt.
Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; 845/848 to 871) was King of Wes**** from 865
until his
death in 871...
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London over to
Æthelred, as it had
traditionally been a
Mercian town. In 892, the
Vikings renewed their attacks, and the
following year,
Æthelred led an army...
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alliance between the
surviving English kingdoms by
marrying Æthelflæd to
Æthelred.
Æthelred pla**** a
major role in
fighting off
renewed Viking attacks in the...
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Mercia and Northumbria.
Æthelred befriended Bishop Wilfrid of York when
Wilfrid was
expelled from his see in Northumbria;
Æthelred made
Wilfrid Bishop of...
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would "beshrew [
Æthelred] of his life, and
afterwards all his council, and then have his
kingdom without any resistance." King
Æthelred thus
ordered the...
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Æthelred from 1002 to 1016,
except during a
brief interruption in 1013–14 when the
Danish king
Sweyn Forkbeard occupied the
English throne.
Æthelred died...
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attempting to
fight the
Danes in the north,
Edmund joined Æthelred to
defend London.
Æthelred died on 23
April 1016, the
nobility and
citizens present...
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Æthelred II or
Ethelred II may
refer to:
Æthelred II of East Anglia, king 870s
Æthelred II of Northumbria, king 840s/850s
Æthelred the Unready, also Æthelred...
