Ethelred
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Æthelred, also Ethelred, is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþel and ræd, meaning "noble council" or "well advised") and may refer to:
Anglo-Saxon England
- Æthelred of Mercia (d. 716), King of Mercia
- Æthelred I of East AngliaÆthelred I of East AngliaÆthelred I was a semi-historical eighth-century king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. It is thought that he ruled for some time between 760 and 790 and held East Anglia during the overlordship of Offa of Mercia...
(fl. 760s–780s) - Æthelred I of NorthumbriaÆthelred I of NorthumbriaÆthelred was king of Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 788 or 789 until his murder in 796. He became king after Alhred was deposed...
(d. 796), King of Northumbria - Æthelred II of NorthumbriaÆthelred II of NorthumbriaÆthelred was king of Northumbria. He was the son of Eanred.Relatively little is known of his reign from the surviving documentary record. He appears to have been expelled in favour of Rædwulf, whose reign is confirmed by the evidence of coinage. However, Rædwulf was killed the same year, fighting...
, King of Northumbria (mid-9th century) - Æthelred II of East AngliaÆthelred II of East AngliaÆthelred was King of East Anglia.No textual evidence of his reign is known, but numismatic evidence points to his reign being in the 870s, perhaps together with Oswald of East Anglia, whose coins are known from the same period....
(fl. 870s) - Æthelred of Wessex (c. 865–871), King of Wessex
- Æthelred (bishop) (died 888), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia (c. 883–911)
- Æthelred the Unready (978–1016), King of England
Post-Conquest
- Ethelred of ScotlandEthelred of ScotlandEthelred was the son of King Máel Coluim III and his wife Margaret, the third oldest of the latter and the probable sixth oldest of the former. He took his name, almost certainly, from Margaret's great-grandfather King Æþelræd Unræd, or Ethelred the Unready...
(died 12th century), son of Malcolm III and Saint Margaret - Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167), English writer, saint and abbot of Rievaulx
- Ethelred TauntonEthelred TauntonEthelred Luke Taunton was an English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer.-Life:...
(1857–1907), English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer