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Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, [n 1] pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. [1]
9 Σεπ 2024 · Aethelred ruled as Lord of the Mercians from c. 881 to 911 and was a key military leader in the fight against Viking conquest and settlement in England. To defend Mercia, he allied himself to the powerful...
1 Ιαν 2024 · The marriage of Æthelred and Æthelflæd proved a vital part of the development of unity between the peoples of Mercia and Wessex, not only providing a visual display of harmony of both realms...
20 Σεπ 2024 · Ethelred the Unready was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from overrunning England. The epithet “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns on his name, which means.
Æthelred (/ ˈæθəlrɛd /; died after 704) was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester.
Æthelred of Mercia - The forgotten man who helped build England. Michael McComb. Æthelred of Mercia remains an obscure figure who suffers from being overshadowed by the more impressive figures of the Anglo-Saxon period: his father-in-law, Alfred the Great and his wife, Æthelflæd.
21 Απρ 2016 · Simon Keynes. A silver penny struck more than ten centuries ago (on display in the Fitzwilliam Museum) shows Æthelred, King of the English. The obverse shows the king in profile and the reverse a Christian cross. Thousands of similar coins have survived.
