In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ETHELRED
Ethelred, Ethelred I
(noun) king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred’s battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready
(noun) king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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