1564109 - King of England, Ethelred II the Unready

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Nobility Title [E36873]			II
Birth [E36874]	968	Wessex, England		1b 7a 2b 3c 4b 3d 5b 6b
Death [E36875]	1016-04-23	London, Middlesex, England		1c 2c 3e 4c 3f 5c 6c
_FA1 [E36876]		Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. House of Wessex.		7 2d 3g 3h 5d 6d
_FA2 [E36877]		(1002) Ordered slaughter of all Danes in south of England, incl. Sweyn’s sister.		3i 3j 5e 6e
_FA3 [E36878]		Repeated Danish raids forced paymnt of huge tributes (Danegeld).		3k 3l 5f 6f
_FA4 [E36879]		Driven into exile by Sweyn the Dane (1013) but returned after his death (1014).		3m 3n 5g 6g
_FA5 [E36880]		Died during Canute’s invasion of England.		3o 3p 5h 6h
_FA6 [E36881]		When he acceded, desribed as “comely, handsome & elegant manners.”		3q 3r 5i 6i
_FA7 [E36882]		One of the worst kings in English history.		3s 3t 5j 6j
_FA8 [E36883]		Buried: St. Paul's, London, Middlesex, England.		3u 3v 5k 6k

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	King of England, Edgar the Peaceful [I28573]	943	975-07-08
Mother	of Devon, Aelfthryth (Elfrida) [I18346]	945	1000
	King of England, Ethelred II the Unready [I28568]	968	1016-04-23

Families

Family of King of England, Ethelred II the Unready and of Wessex, Elfflaed (Elfreda) [F11052]

Married

Wife

of Wessex, Elfflaed (Elfreda) [I28569] ( * BET. 963 - 968 + 1002 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E58278]	985				1d 2e 8a 3w 3x 5
Marriage [E58279]	985	Wessex, England			4d

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
of England, unknown [I30273]
King of England, Edmund II Ironsides [I18303]	989	1016-11-30
of Wessex, Elfgifu (Elgiva) [I25608]	990

Family of King of England, Ethelred II the Unready and de Normandy, Emma [F11053]

Married

Wife

de Normandy, Emma [I28571] ( * about 986 + 1051/2-03-06 (Julian) )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E58280]	1002				2f 3y 5l 9

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
of England, Godgifu (Goda) [I28572]	about 1004	1055
King of England, Edward the Confessor [I2608]	BET. 1002 - 1005

Narrative

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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.
Acceded 979-1013 & 1014-1016.

Ethelred 'the Unready'
Edgar's sudden death at the age of 33 led to a succession dispute between rival factions supporting his sons Edward and Ethelred. The elder son Edward (reigned 975-978) was murdered in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by his seven year old half-brother's supporters. For the rest of Ethelred's reign (reigned 978-1016), his brother became a posthumous rallying point for political unrest; a hostile Church transformed Edward into a royal martyr. Known as the Un-raed or 'Unready' (meaning no counsel, or that he was unwise), Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of his subjects. In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes in England to eliminate potential treachery.
Not being an able soldier, Ethelred defended the country against increasingly rapacious Viking raids from the 980s onwards by diplomatic alliance with the duke of Normandy in 991 (he later married the duke's daughter Emma) and by buying off renewed attacks by the Danes with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1006 was dismissive: 'in spite of it all, the Danish army went about as it pleased'. By 1012, 48,000 pounds of silver was being paid in Danegeld to Danes camped in London.

Eventually, in 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy when king Sweyn of Denmark dispossessed him. Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.

Ethelred's son Edmund set himself up as an independent ruler in the Danelaw. After Ethelred's death in 1015, Edmund cleared southern England of Danish marauders in a series of fiercely fought and highly mobile fighting, but he lost the battle of Ashingdon of 1016 (his Mercian allies deserted him) against Sweyn's son Canute, and died in the same year. Before his death, Edmund made an agreement with Canute giving Canute territorial concessions, including Wessex. Edmund was buried at Glastonbury.
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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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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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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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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.

Pedigree

King of England, Edgar the Peaceful [I28573]
1. of Devon, Aelfthryth (Elfrida) [I18346]
  1. King of England, Ethelred II the Unready
    1. of Wessex, Elfflaed (Elfreda) [I28569]
    2. de Normandy, Emma [I28571]
      1. of England, Godgifu (Goda) [I28572]
      2. King of England, Edward the Confessor [I2608]

Ancestors

King of England, Ethelred II the Unready
* 968
+ 1016-04-23

King of England, Edgar the Peaceful
* 943
+ 975-07-08

King of England, Edmund I the Magnificent
* 920
+ 946-05-26

King of England, Edward the Elder
* 871
+ 925-07-17

of Kent, Eadgifu (Edgiva)
*
+ 968-08-25

of Wessex, St. Aelfgifu
* 922
+ 944

of Devon, Aelfthryth (Elfrida)
* 945
+ 1000

Anglia, Ordgar of East
*
+ ...

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Birth Name	King of England, Ethelred II the Unready 1a 2a 3a 4a 3b 5a 6a
Gramps ID	I28568
Gender	male
Age at Death	48 years, 3 months, 22 days