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Noun: Ethelred the Unready
  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, Ethelred II

Type of: king, male monarch, Rex

Encyclopedia: Ethelred the Unready