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  1. c. 968-1016. King of England from 978. The
  2. son of King Edgar, he became king after the
  3. murder of his half-brother, Edward the
  4. Martyr. He tried to buy off the Danish
  5. raiders by paying Danegeld. In 1002, he
  6. ordered the massacre of the Danish settlers,
  7. provoking an invasion by Sweyn I of Denmark.
  8. War with Sweyn and Sweyn's son, Canute,
  9. occupied the rest of Ethelred's reign. He was
  10. nicknamed the `Unready' because of his
  11. apparent lack of foresight.
  12.