General Notes

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DATE 0979
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DATE 1016
RELI Sources: Microsoft Encarta 1994 ed.He was an Anglo-Saxon king of England. His reign was marked bybitter military struggles. After negotiating a treaty withRichard II, duke of Normandy, Æthelred
married Richard's sister.This marriage provided the basis for the subsequent Norman claimto the English throne. Although Æthelred paid tribute to theplundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), king
of Denmark,invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014Æthelred fled to Normandy but returned a few months later uponSweyn's death. Sweyn's son and successor, Canute II, invaded
thecountry a year later and, following Æthelred's death, becameking of England. Æthelred's sobriquet, The Unready is acorruption of the Old English unraed, bad counsel, which is areference to his
misfortunes.--Other FieldsRef Number: +
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DATE 8 FEB 1998