Usually means: Unready king, often poorly advised.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ethelred)

noun:  A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred.
noun:  A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871
noun:  A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016

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