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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 English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016.
Apr 19, 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.
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Aug 11, 2022 · Known as the Un-raed, ‘redeless’ or ‘Unready’ (meaning ‘no counsel’, or that he was unwise), the reign of King Aethelred II was one of conflict with repeated Viking raids…. King Aethelred the Unready was King of England during a turbulent time of consistent Viking threats to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom culminating in the reign of King ...
Jun 28, 2017 · Known as the Un-raed, 'redeless' or 'Unready' (meaning 'no counsel', or that he was unwise), Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of his subjects. In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes in England to eliminate potential treachery.
Apr 21, 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.
Nov 6, 2021 · AllThatsInteresting.com, November 6, 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/aethelred-the-unready. Accessed May 28, 2024. King Aethelred II of England, known as "Aethelred The Unready," was unable to unify the Kingdom of England or fight off Danish invasions during his reign between 978 and 1016.
Apr 3, 2023 · Overview. Articles. Clips. Gallery. On Demand. Who was Ethelred the Unready and What Did He Do? History has portrayed King Ethelred II, often known as Æthelred the Unready, as a largely incompetent leader whose terrible decision making and drastic mismanagement of the Viking invasions almost bankrupted the country.
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