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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.
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.
Nov 6, 2021 · AllThatsInteresting.com, November 6, 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/aethelred-the-unready. Accessed May 1, 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 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.
The Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred the Unready (c. 968-1016) ruled the English from 978 to 1016. During his reign England was repeatedly attacked by Danish armies seeking to destroy the sovereignty of the Anglo-Saxons and to plunder their land.
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