Aethelred ii
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(“Ethelred the Unready”) a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.
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known as Ethelred the Unready. ?968–1016 ad, king of England (978–1016). He was temporarily deposed by the Danish king Sweyn (1013) but was recalled on Sweyn’s death (1014)
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