Æthelred

Æthelred (Æþelræd ) or Ethelred is an Old English personal name (a compound of æþele and ræd, meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to:

Anglo-Saxon England

 * Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary princes of Kent
 * Æthelred of Mercia (fl. 645–709), King of Mercia
 * Æthelred I (disambiguation), several kings
 * Æthelred II (disambiguation), several kings
 * Æthelred Mucel (fl. 840–895), father of King Alfred the Great's wife, Ealhswith
 * Æthelred (archbishop) (fl. 870–888), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (fl. 881–911)
 * Æthelred of Cornwall (fl. 1001), Bishop of Cornwall
 * Æthelred the Unready (978–1016), King of England

Post-Conquest

 * Ethelred of Scotland (fl. 1093), son of Malcolm III and Saint Margaret
 * Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167), English writer, saint and abbot of Rievaulx
 * Ethelred Taunton (1857–1907), English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer
 * Aethelred Eldridge (1930–2018), American academic and painter