'''Elthelred II''' (also known as '''Ethelred the Unready''') (?-1016 AD) was an English King. Most of his reign he was preoccupied with fighting off repeated Viking raids. Ethelred ordered [[St. Brice's Day Massacre]] which triggered an invasion of [[England]] by [[Denmark]]. | '''Elthelred II''' (also known as '''Ethelred the Unready''') (?-1016 AD) was an English King. Most of his reign he was preoccupied with fighting off repeated Viking raids. Ethelred ordered [[St. Brice's Day Massacre]] which triggered an invasion of [[England]] by [[Denmark]]. |