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Æthelred's first name, composed of the elements æðele 'noble', and ræd 'counsel', [2] is typical of the compound names of those who belonged to the royal House of Wessex, and it characteristically alliterates with the names of his ancestors, like Æthelwulf 'noble-wolf', Ælfred 'elf-counsel', Eadweard 'rich-protection', and Eadgar 'rich-spear'.
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; [ 1 ] 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex , four of whom in turn became king.
King Eorcenberht of Kent seized the rule of Kent in 640 in precedence to his elder brother Eormenred.Both were sons of Eadbald of Kent (r. c. 616–640). The legend, contained in a Latin Passio, tells that Eormenred and his wife Oslafa had several children including the two sons Aethelred and Aethelberht, and a daughter Eormenbeorg, also known as Domne Eafe.
Ethelred, Aethelred, Aelred, Aðalráðr Look up Æthelred in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Æthelred ( / ˈ æ θ əl r ɛ d / ; Old English : Æþelræd [ˈæðelræːd] ) or Ethelred ( / ˈ ɛ θ əl r ɛ d / ) is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþele and ræd , meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to:
The Wantage Code, sometimes referred to as III Æthelred (abbreviated III Atr), is an early English legal text.Recorded in Old English, it is a record of laws that Æthelred the Unready (died 1016) and his councillors enacted at the royal manor of Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
Wulfrun(a) (c. 935-c. 1005 [1]) was a Mercian noblewoman and landowner who held estates in Staffordshire. Today she is particularly remembered for her association with Hēatūn, Anglo-Saxon for "high or principal farm or enclosure", which she was granted in a charter by King Æthelred II (Æthelred the Unready) in 985, and where she endowed a collegiate church in 994.
Æthelred (/ ˈ æ θ əl r ɛ d /; c. 762 – 18 April 796), was the king of Northumbria from 774 to 779 and again from 790 until he was murdered in 796. He was the son of Æthelwald Moll and Æthelthryth and possibly became king while still a child after Alhred was deposed.
Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; c. 636 – 23 June 679) was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely.She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in religious contexts.