Æthelred II (other)
Æthelred II or Ethelred II may refer to: * Æthelred II of East Anglia, king 870s * Æthelred II of Northumbria, king 840s/850s *Æthelred the Unready Æthelred II (,Different spellings of this king's name most commonly found in modern texts are "Ethelred" and "Æthelred" (or "Aethelred"), the latter being closer to the original Old English form . Compare the modern dialect word . ; ; 966 â ...

Æthelred II Of East Anglia
Æthelred II ( fl c. 875) was king of East Anglia. No textual evidence of his reign is known, but numismatic Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also inclu ... evidence points to his reign being in the 870s, perhaps together with Oswald of East Anglia, whose coins are known from the same period. References * Kirby, D.P., ''The Earliest English Kings.'' London: Unwin Hyman, 1991. External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aethelred 02 Of East Anglia East Anglian monarchs 9th-century English monarchs ...
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Æthelred II Of Northumbria
Æthelred II was king of Northumbria in the middle of the ninth century, but his dates are uncertain. N. J. Higham gives 840 to 848, when he was killed, with an interruption in 844 when Rædwulf usurped the throne, but was killed the same year fighting against the Vikings. Barbara Yorke agrees, and adds that Æthelred was the son of his predecessor, Eanred, but dates his death 848 or 849. D. P. Kirby thinks that an accession date of 844 is more likely, but notes that a coin of Eanred dated stylistically no earlier than 850 may require a more radical revision of dates. David Rollason accepts the coin evidence, and dates Æthelred's reign from c.854 to c. 862, with Rædwulf's usurpation in 858.Rollason, Eardwulf Relatively little is known of his reign from the surviving documentary record. He appears to have been expelled in favour of Rædwulf, whose reign is confirmed by the evidence of coinage. However, Rædwulf was killed the same year, fighting against Vikings, and Æthe ...
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