Ethelred II "Unready" England [King] ![Click to view Ethelred II "Unready" England [King] in the family tree](images/svg.gif "I81866")
Ethelred II "Unready" was born in 0966 in Of, Wessex, England. Ethelred II "Unready"'s father was Edgar "The Peacable" England [King] and his mother was Elfrida (Aelfthryth) Devonshire [Queen England]. His paternal grandparents were Edmund I "The Magnificent" King Of The England and [Queen England] (Aelfgifu Elfgifu) England [Queen England]; his maternal grandparents were Ordgar Ealdorman and Mrs. Wilfrith (Nmn-Earldorman Odgar 0F) Devonshire. He had a brother named Edmund. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 50 on April 23rd, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England.General Notes
Aethelred, one of the most hated kings of England, inherited the throne when he was ten years old. His name comes from the Anglo Saxon name for him, "Unraed," which means "evil-counseled," or "uncounseled," and was a pun on his name. Later generations, after the language had changed, produced the pun we have here.
He was supposed to be licentious and mean.He was not ready for the Danes to renew their attack. They had been pretty docile since Alfred, the Great. He lost all of England. His son Edmund II Ironside, briefly recovered some of it, but then King Canute (and 2 other Danish kings) took over until Aethelred's other son, Edward the Confessor, regained the throne--only to lose it in the next generation to William the Conqueror.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0800 in Wessex, England d.13 Jan 0857 in England
- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.0846
- b.0875 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon On Dee, Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
- b.0849 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in Winchestery As A Nun
- b.0830 in Mercia, England
- b.0920 in Wessex, England d.26 May 0946 in Puckle Church, Dorsetshire, England
- b.0871 in Kent, England
- b.0896 in Kent, England d.0961
- b.~ 0876 in Kent, England
- b.~ 0943 in Wessex, England d.08 Jul 0975 in Wessex, England
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.0946 in Shaftsbury Abbey, England
- b.0966 in Of, Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0897 in Devonshire, England
- b.~ 0922 in Of, Devonshire, England d.Unknown
- b.~ 0947 in Devonshire, England d.17 Nov 1002
- b.~ 0927 in Devonshire, England
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Ethelred II "Unready" and Alfgifu (Aelflaed) were married in a religious ceremony about 0985 in Of, Wessex, England. They had seven sons and four daughters, named Athelstan, Egbert, Edwig, Edmund II "Ironside", Edward, Edgar, Ligulph De Lumley Of, Elgiva (Alfgifu), Edith, Wulfhild and Miss Princess Of.
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Children
[Prince] Athelstan England [Prince]
Athelstan was born about 0986 in Wessex, England. He died in 1016 in England.
[Prince] Egbert England [Prince]
Egbert was born about 0988 in Of, Wessex, England. He died about 1005 in England.
[Princess] Elgiva (Alfgifu) Aelfgifu [Princess]/England
Elgiva (Alfgifu) was born about 0989 in Wessex, England.
[Prince] Edwig England [Prince]
Edwig was born about 0991 in Wessex, England. He died in 1017 in England.
[King] Edmund II "Ironside" England [King]
Edmund II "Ironside" was born about 0992 in Of, Wessex, England. He died on November 30th, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.
[Queen Of Ringmere] Miss Princess Of England [Queen Of Ringmere]
Miss Princess Of was born about 1001 in Wessex, Wessex, England.
Ethelred II "Unready" and Emma Beauclerc Of were married in a religious ceremony in 1002 in Of Normandy, France. They had four sons and three daughters, named Alfred Prince Of, Edward III Of, Edred, Ingelric Of, Goda (Godgifu) Princess, Aelfgifu Of and Adgina Of.
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Children
Alfred Prince Of England
Alfred Prince Of was born about 1002 in Wessex, England. He died about 1036 in England.
Edward III Of England The_confessor
Edward III Of was born about 1004 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England. He died in England.
Goda (Godgifu) Princess England Goda
Goda (Godgifu) Princess was born about 1004 in Wessex, England. She died about 1055 in England.
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