ethelred

Noun ethelred has 2 senses

• ethelred(n = noun.person) ethelred ii, ethelred the unready - 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);
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex

• ethelred(n = noun.person) ethelred i - 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);
is a kind of king, male monarch, rex