Ethelred II (Aethelred) 
Ethelred II (Aethelred) was born in 0968 in Of, Wessex, Eng.1 Ethelred II (Aethelred)'s father was Edgar and his mother was Elfrida Elfthryt Of Devonshire. His paternal grandparents were Edmund I and Elgiva; his maternal grandparents were Earl Ordgar and Wulfrith of Devon. He had a brother named Edmund of England. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 48 on April 23rd, 1016 in London, London, Eng. He was buried in St.Pauls, London, London, Eng.1 1 General Notes
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FGRA;PED OF WILLIAM FLOYD BONNER
TITL University of Hull Royal Database (England) AUTH Brian Tompsett, Dept of Compute r Science
PUBL copyright 1994, 1995, 1996
usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@@tardis.ed.ac.uk
MEDI Electronic
TEXT b abt 968
TITL Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
AUTH Frederick Lewis Weis PUBL 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623- 1650" ed 1-6
good to very good ------- J.H. Garner
MEDI Book PAGE line 1 pp 1-4
TEXT b 968, no place
TEXT d 1016, no place
TEXT reigned 979-1016
TITL Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet & Cecily de Neville AUTH Ernst-Friedrich Kraentz ler
PUBL published by author 1978 -------- J.H. Garner
MEDI Book PAGE chart 1188
TEXT b 966
TEXT no place
_FA1 PLAC Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. House of Wessex.
_FA2 PLAC (1002) Ordered slaughter of all Danes in south of England, incl. Sweyn's sister.
_FA3 PLAC Repeated Danish raids forced paymnt of huge tributes (Danegeld).
_FA4 PLAC Driven into exile by Sweyn the Dane (1013) but returned after his death (1014).
_FA5 PLAC Died during Canute's invasion of England.
_FA6 PLAC When he acceded, desribed as "comely, handsome & elegant manners."
_FA7 PLAC One of the worst kings in English history.
_FA8 PLAC Buried: St. Paul's, London, Middlesex, England.Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acce ded 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 r aids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but re turned 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 renew ed attacks by the Vikings with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, i n 1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Eth elred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014
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- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 856/57 in England
- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, Eng d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, Eng
- b.~ 0810 in Of, Wessex, Eng d.> 0876
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.Aug 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0822
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905
- b.~ 0822
- b.0920 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Pocklechurch, England
- b.~ 0866
- 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 Of, Wessex, Eng d.23 Apr 1016 in London, London, Eng
- b.~ 0917 in of Devonshire, England d.0971 in Tavistock
- b.~ 0947 in ,Devonshire, Eng d.~ 1000
- b.~ 0917
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