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Æthelred the Unready

968 - 1016

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Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Æthelred the Unready has received more than 6,299,737 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Æthelred the Unready is the 1,270th most popular politician (up from 1,543rd in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 389th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Politician.

Aethelred the Unready was King of England from 978 to 1016. He is most famous for his defeat by the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard at the Battle of Maldon in 991, which led to Sweyn's conquest of England.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Æthelred the Unready ranks 1,270 out of 15,577. Before him are As-Saffah, Emperor Wu of Jin, Herod Agrippa, Halford Mackinder, Fredrik Bajer, and Henry the Lion. After him are Totila, Georgy Lvov, Paul Bocuse, Stateira II, Camille Desmoulins, and Walther Funk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 968, Æthelred the Unready ranks 2. Before him is Romanos III Argyros. After him are Emperor Zhenzong, Sigrid the Haughty, and Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Among people deceased in 1016, Æthelred the Unready ranks 1. After him are Edmund Ironside, Jovan Vladimir, Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, and Sweyn Haakonsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Æthelred the Unready ranks 308 out of 7,765. Before him are Tim Berners-Lee (1955), Richard Trevithick (1771), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Peter Ustinov (1921), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), and Halford Mackinder (1861). After him are Patrick Stewart (1940), John Hurt (1940), David II of Scotland (1324), William Petty (1623), Edward Gibbon (1737), and Benny Hill (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelred the Unready ranks 60. Before him are David Lloyd George (1863), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Harthacnut (1018), Harold Macmillan (1894), Richard Cromwell (1626), and Halford Mackinder (1861). After him are David II of Scotland (1324), Anne Neville (1456), Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Marie of Romania (1875), and Tristan (535).

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