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Ethelred
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Noun1.Ethelred - 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)
2.Ethelred - 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)


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The messenger is to return to those who sent him with this message: "Here stands dauntless an earl with his band of men who will defend this homeland, the land of AEthelred my lord.
King Aethelred of Mercia founded the first Saxon church here in AD689.
077345750X Chronicles of the reign of Aethelred the Unready; an edition and translation of the Old English and Latin annals.
 
 
 
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