Ethelred the Unready, also spelt and called Aethelred, Ethelred II or Aethelred Unraed, (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England). It is doubtful he was born in 968 because it would’ve made him ten years old when he became the King of the English. From 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from taking over England. The term “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns his name means “noble counsel.”
Edward, the Confessor c.1003 – 5 January 1066, was Considered the last King of the House of Wessex and ruled England from 1042 to 1066.