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Noun: Ethelred  'e-thul,red
  1. 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
     
  2. 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)
    - AEthelred of Wessex, Ethelred I

Type of: king, male monarch, Rex

Encyclopedia: Ethelred, Earl of Fife

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