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Ethelred II

noun
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).  Synonyms: Ethelred, Ethelred the Unready.






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"Ethelred II" Quotes from Famous Books



... Tryggveson is the first Norseman who is expressly mentioned to have been in England by our English History books, new or old; and of him it is merely said that he had an interview with King Ethelred II. at Andover, of a pacific and friendly nature,—though it is absurdly added that the noble Olaf was converted to Christianity by that extremely stupid Royal Person. Greater contrast in an interview than in this at Andover, between heroic Olaf Tryggveson ...
— Early Kings of Norway • Thomas Carlyle



Words linked to "Ethelred II" :   Rex, male monarch, Ethelred the Unready, king, Ethelred



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