ethelred   (TTS Sound)

The noun ethelred has 2 senses

• Ethelred, 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))


• Ethelred, 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))