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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 6,934,031 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Æthelred the Unready is the 1,337th most popular politician (down from 1,268th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 308th in 2019) and the 54th 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 1,337 out of 19,576. Before him are Leo VI the Wise, Seongjong of Joseon, Tsai Ing-wen, Harald Bluetooth, Conrad IV of Germany, and Lucullus. After him are Pelagius of Asturias, Briseis, John VI of Portugal, Al-Musta'sim, Cheoljong of Joseon, and Stefan Lazarević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 968, Æthelred the Unready ranks 1. After him are Romanos III Argyros, 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 295 out of 8,785. Before him are John Logie Baird (1888), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Charlie Watts (1941), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), and William Morris (1834). After him are Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Julie Andrews (1935), Randal Cremer (1828), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), John Keats (1795), and Edward Burnett Tylor (1832).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Æthelred the Unready ranks 54. Before him are James II of England (1633), David Lloyd George (1863), Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Liz Truss (1975), and Richard Cromwell (1626). After him are Randal Cremer (1828), Harold Macmillan (1894), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Harold Wilson (1916), Edmund Ironside (993), and Edmund I (921).

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