Aeþelraed Unraed (968 - 1016,) also known as Ethlelred the Unready or Ethelread II, was King of England (978 – 1013, and 1014 – 1016.) He was a son of King Edgar and his queen Aelfthryth. The majority of his reign (991 – 1016) was marked by a series of wars against Danish invaders.