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1. King of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
   - Ethelred I
    
2. King of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
   - Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready

Type of: king, male monarch, Rex

Encyclopedia: Ethelred, Archbishop of Canterbury Ethelred Ethelred, Earl of Fife Ethelred, Ealdorman of Mercia