ethelred unready

noun

( "Ethelred the Unready" ) a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.

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Ethelred II or Æthelred II

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	known as Ethelred the Unready. ?968--1016 ad, king of England (978--1016). He was temporarily deposed by the Danish king Sweyn (1013) but was recalled on Sweyn's death (1014)

Æthelred II or Æthelred II

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ethelred unready

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