9691 Individuals in our Database | | | | KING OF THE ENGLISH Aethelred II THE UNREADY Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 0966 Wessex, England | Death Date | 1016 APR 23 London, Middlesex, England | Father | Edgar I King of the English THE PEACEFUL | Born: 0943 AUG 07 | Died: 0975 JUL 08 | Mother | Aelfthryth | Born: 0945 | Died: 1002 NOV 17 | | Aethelred Notes: | Son of King Edgar he Peaceful and Queen Ælfthryth "Unready" is a mistranslation of Old English unræd (meaning bad-counsel or no-counsel)—a twist on his name "Æthelred", meaning noble-counsel. A better translation would be "ill-advised" (or possibly "un-advised", meaning he just wouldn listen to anybody else). from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æthelred_the_Unready Æthelred the Unready, or Æthelred II (c. 968 – 23 April 1016), was King of England (978–1013 and 1014–1016). He was the son of King Edgar and Queen Ælfthryth and was only about ten years old (no more than thirteen) when his half-brother Edward was murdered. Æthelred was not personally suspected of participation, but as the murder was committed at Corfe Castle by the attendants of Ælfthryth, it made it more difficult for the new king to rally the nation against the military raids by Danes, especially as the legend of St Edward the Martyr grew. From 991 onwards, Æthelred paid tribute, or Danegeld, to the Danish king. In 1002, Æthelred ordered a massacre of Danish settlers. In 1003, King Sweyn invaded England, and in 1013, Æthelred fled to Normandy and was replaced by Sweyn, who was also King of Denmark. Æthelred returned as king, however, after Sweyn died in 1014.
| Notes: | Their son Edward the Confessor became King of England in 1042. Their daughter Elfwina married a Nobleman of Essex and they had a son Leofwine, Earl and Duke of Mercia. Leofwine married Alwara and they had sons Norman (d. 1016), Edwin (d. 1039) and Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
| |  | Birth Date | 0963 Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England | Death Date | 1002 FEB London, Middlesex, England | Father | Thored Gunnarsson of Northumbria | Born: 0938 | Died: 0992 | Mother | | Born: | | Aelfgifu of York Queen Of England Notes: | | Individual Notes: | | | |
Birth Date | 0985 | Birth Place | | Death Date | 1052 | Death Place | | Father | | Born: 0938 | Died: 0992 | Mother | | Born: | Died: | | |
Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | King of the English Edgar I THE PEACEFUL b.0943 d.0975 See Notes | king of The English Edmund I THE MAGNIFICENT b.0923 d.0946 See Notes | king of The Anglo-Saxons Edward I THE ELDER b.0874 d.0924 See Notes | king of The Anglo-Saxons Alfred THE GREAT b.0849 d.0899 See Notes | king of Wessex Aethelwulf b.0795 Wessex Kingdom, England d.0858 | king of Wessex Egbert b.0769 Wessex, England d.0838 See Notes | Under King Of Kent Ealhmund b.0758 Wessex, England d.0786 See Notes | Eaba EOFA b.0732 Kingdom of Wessex d.0762 See Notes | King of West Saxons Eoppa b.0706 Wessex, England d.0781 See Notes | Ingild b.0680 Wessex, England d.0718 See Notes | MORE> | | | | | | | | | King of the English Edgar I THE PEACEFUL b.0943 d.0975 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | King of the English Edgar I THE PEACEFUL b.0943 d.0975 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | King of the English Edgar I THE PEACEFUL b.0943 d.0975 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | queen consort of Wessex Raedburh b.0788 d.0839 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | queen consort of Wessex Raedburh b.0788 d.0839 See Notes | | | | | | | | | Queen Consort of Wessex Osbuga b.0807 d.0855 | Oslac Ealdorman of the Isle of Wight b.0785 d.0846 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen Consort of Wessex Osbuga b.0807 d.0855 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Ealhswith of Mercia b.0852 Gaini Tribal Lands, Mercian Kingdom, England d.0905 See Notes | Ealdorman of the Gaini Aethelred MUCIL b.0825 d.0866 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen of England Eadgifu b.0896 d.0968 | Ealdorman of East Kent Sigehelm b.0871 d.0902 See Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | Queen of England Eadgifu b.0896 d.0968 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024-persons | - | Aelfthryth Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England b.0945 Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England d.1002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 persons | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 Persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | | | | |