Ethelred II

American  

[eth-uhl-red] / ˈɛθ əlˌrɛd /

Or Aethelred II

noun

1. Ethelred the Unready, a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.

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Ethelred II British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Edward, King of England, surnamed the Confessor, was the son of Ethelred II, and was born at Islip, in Oxfordshire, about 1004.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

A tax originally levied by Ethelred II to maintain forces against the Danes.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Give the dates of the Battle of Hastings, and of the reigns of Louis Outremer, Ethelred II, and Edward the Confessor.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

I was born in England, in the reign of Ethelred II.

From A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 by Fielding, Henry

Florence confirms this statement, and gives the pedigree, which may be deduced as follows: ________________________________ | | Edric married Egelric, Edgith, daughter of surnamed Leofwine King Ethelred II.

From Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron