Æthelred
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Gender | Unisex (mostly masculine) | ||
Language(s) | Old Latin, Old German, Old English, Danish | ||
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Language(s) | Anglo-Saxon | ||
Word/name | Conquest | ||
Meaning | "noble counsel" | ||
Region of origin | Celtic and Saxon | ||
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Related names | Ethelred, Aethelred, Aelred, Aðalráðr |
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Æthelred (/ˈæθəlrɛd/; Old English: Æþelræd
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[ˈæðelræːd]) or Ethelred (/ˈɛθəlrɛd/) is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþele and ræd, meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to:
Anglo-Saxon England
[edit]- Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary princes of Kent
- Æthelred of Mercia (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 (fl. 881–911)
- Æthelred of Cornwall (fl. 1001), Bishop of Cornwall
- Æthelred the Unready (978–1016), King of England
Post-Conquest
[edit]- 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