Æthelred
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Æthelred, also Ethelred, is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþele and ræd, meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised"; Old English pronunciation: [ˈæːðelˌræːd]) and may refer to:
Anglo-Saxon England
- Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary princes of Kent
- Æthelred of Mercia (fl. 645–709), King of Mercia
- Æthelred I of East Anglia (fl. 760s–780s)
- Æthelred I of Northumbria (fl. 762–796), King of Northumbria
- Æthelred II of Northumbria, King of Northumbria (fl. 854–862)
- Æthelred II of East Anglia (fl. 870s)
- Æthelred I, King of Wessex (865 – 871), King of Wessex
- 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
- 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 (born 1930), American academic and painter
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