AEthelred II the Unready King of England 
AEthelred II the Unready was born in 0968 in Wessex, England.1 AEthelred II the Unready's father was Edgar The Peaceful King Of England and his mother was Aelfthryth (Elfrida) of Devon. His paternal grandparents were Edmund I the Magnificent King of England and St. AElfgifu (of Wessex); his maternal grandparents were Ordgar of Devon Ealdorman of Devon and Wulfrith (of Devon). He had a half-brother named Ethelred II The Redeless. He died at the age of 48 on April 23rd, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England.1 General Notes
[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acceded the throne of England in
978 and was called either Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready,
KIng of England. Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In
light of repeated Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge
tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but
returned after his death. Died during Canute's invasion of
England. Burke says he died 1010.
REF: British Monarchy Official Website: Ethelred II (reigned
978-1016) tried to buy off renewed attacks by the Vikings with
money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, in
1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the
Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Ethelred returned to
rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in England
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0810 d.> 0853
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.Aug 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.0825 in of Mercia, England d.0866
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
- b.0830
- b.0920 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Pocklechurch, England
- b.0871 in of Kent, England
- b.0896 in Kent, England d.25 AUG 968
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.0944
- b.0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0922 in of Devonshire, England d.0971 in Tavistock
- b.0945 in of Devonshire, England d.1000
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Details of AEthelred II the Unready's family with Algifu of Deira
Details of AEthelred II the Unready's family with Emma de Normandy
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville @ chart 1188, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ line 1 pp 1-4, Fighting Kings of Wessex @ p 190, s of Edgar, no mother
Further sources/citations:
Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville @ chart 1188, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to @ line 1 pp 1-4, Fighting Kings of Wessex @ p 190, s of Edgar, no mother
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