Æthelred II 'The Unready' 
Æthelred II 'The was born about 0968 in Wessex, England. Æthelred II 'The's father was Edgar 'the Peaceful' and his mother was Ælfthryth (Elfrida). His paternal grandparents were Edmund I "The Magnificent' and Ælfgifu Elgiva , " The Fairies Gift"; his maternal grandparents were Ealdorman of Devon Ordgar and Wulfrith. He had a brother named Edmund. Prince of. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Edward 'the and Princess of England. He died on April 23rd, 1016 in London, England. He was buried in St. Paul's, London, England.General Notes
Ethelred II, called The Unready (968?-1016), Anglo-Saxon king of England (978-1016), son of King Edgar and half brother of Edward the Martyr. His reign was marked by bitter military struggles. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, duke of Normandy (reigned about 996-1026), Ethelred married Richard's sister Emma. This marriage provided the basis for the subsequent Norman claim to the English throne. Although Ethelred paid tribute to the plundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), king of Denmark, invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014 Ethelred fled to Normandy but returned a few months later upon Sweyn's death. Sweyn's son and successor, Canute II, invaded the country a year later and, following Ethelred's death, became king of England. Ethelred's sobriquet, "The Unready," is a corruption of the Old English unraed, "bad counsel," which is a reference to his misfortunes.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0795 in Wessex, England
- b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0810
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington-0n-Dee, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England
- b.0921 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Glastonbury, England
- b.~ 0871 in Kent, England
- b.~ 0896 in Kent, England
- b.0944 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, England
- b.~ 0917
- b.~ 0945 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0917
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Æthelred II 'The and Ælflaed were married in a religious ceremony about 0985. They had eight sons and three daughters, named Athelstan, Ecgbert, Edmund II, Edred, Edwig, Edward, Edgar of, Edric, Edith, Wulfhilda and Ælfgifu Elgiva of.
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Children
Edmund II 'Ironside'
Edmund II was born in 0989 in Wessex, England. He died at the age of 27 on November 30th, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England.
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Children
Goda (Godgifu) of England
Goda (Godgifu) of was born about 1017 in Wessex, England. She died about 1055.
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