Ethelred II
or Aeth·el·red II
[ eth-uhl-red ]
noun
"Ethelred the Unready", a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ethelred II
Ethelred II
noun
known as Ethelred the Unready. ?968–1016 ad, king of England (978–1016). He was temporarily deposed by the Danish king Sweyn (1013) but was recalled on Sweyn's death (1014)
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