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Æthelred

Meaning

Variant of ÆÐELRÆD.

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Famous People Named Æthelred

Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians

Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (or Ealdorman Æthelred of Mercia; died 911) became ruler of English Mercia shortly after the death or disappearance of its last king, Ceolwulf II in 879.

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Æthelred (archbishop)

Æthelred (or Ethelred; died 30 June 888) was an Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England.

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Æthelred I of Northumbria

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Æthelred II of Northumbria

Æthelred was king of Northumbria in the middle of the ninth century, but his dates are uncertain.

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Æthelred I of East Anglia

Æthelred 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.

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Æthelred in Other Languages

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