Æthelred (; ) or Ethelred () is an

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

personal name (a compound of '' æþele'' and '' ræd'', meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to:

Anglo-Saxon England

* Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary princes of Kent *

Æthelred of Mercia Æthelred (; died after 704) was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, ...

(fl. 645–709), King of Mercia * Æthelred I (disambiguation), several kings * Æthelred II (disambiguation), several kings * Æthelred Mucel (fl. 840–895), father of King Alfred the Great's wife, Ealhswith * Æthelred (archbishop) (fl. 870–888), Archbishop of Canterbury *

Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians Æthelred (died 911) became Lord of the Mercians in England shortly after the death or disappearance of Mercia's last king, Ceolwulf II, in 879. He is also sometimes called the Ealdorman of Mercia. Æthelred's rule was confined to the wester ...

(fl. 881–911) * Æthelred of Cornwall (fl. 1001), Bishop of Cornwall *

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 � ...

(978–1016), King of England

Post-Conquest

* Ethelred of Scotland (fl. 1093), son of Malcolm III and Saint Margaret * Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167), English writer, saint and abbot of Rievaulx * Ethelred Taunton (1857–1907), English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer * Aethelred Eldridge (1930–2018), American academic and painter

Anglo-Saxon England

Post-Conquest

See also