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King Æthelred, Of The English

King Æthelred, Of The English

Male 968 - 1016  (48 years)

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  • Name Æthelred  
    Prefix King 
    Suffix Of The English 
    Nickname The Unready 
    Birth 19 Mar 968  The Kingdom of Wessex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    UNDERAGE KING 978  Kingston, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Æthelred was not yet old enough to rule when he was consecrated king by Archbishop Dunstan and Archbishop Oswald. His mother Queen Ælfthryth acted as regent (along with advisors) until about 984 when Æthelred reached his majority.
    Occupation 978  London, Middlesex, England. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    King of England 
    OLDER BROTHER KING EDWARD DIED BY TREACHERY 18 Mar 978  Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Æthelred's older half-brother, King Edward, died at the age of 15 or 16, stabbed while visiting Æthelred and his mother. Ælfthryth had supported her own son to be king instead of Edward and was blamed for Edward's death. There was no evidence of collusion
    ASSUMED THRONE FOR HIMSELF 984  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • After the death of the Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, on August 1, 984, Æthelred, now well into adulthood, took control of his kingdom from his mother for the first time.
    ORIGIN OF GRAND JURY 997  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • With a law he enacted at Wantage in 997, Æthelred has been credited with the formation of the prototype for the English grand jury. Twelve thegns were charged with publishing the names of notorious/wicked men in their respective districts, sworn under sol
    Exile LATE 1013  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • By the end of 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard King of Denmark had seized control of England and forced Æthelred into exile in Normandy
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    Death 23 Apr 1016  London, Middlesex, Englalnd Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial May 1016  Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I103043  World of Hyde
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2023 

    Father King of the English, King of England King Edgar, Of England,   b. 7 Aug 943, Winchester, Kingdom of Wessex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Kingdom of Wessex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Queen Ælfthryth, Of England,   b. 947, Lydford Castle, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1001, Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 964 
    Family ID F48469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ælfgifu Thoredsdottir Of York,   b. Abt 970, Wessex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1002, Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Marriage 985  Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. King Edmund, II Of England,   b. 22 Jul 988, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, Englalnd Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     2. Ælfgifu Atheling, Lady Of Northumbria, Princess Of England,   b. 990, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1042, Mercia, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F29377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 Upon her marriage to King Æthelred "The unready", Emma was consecrated Queen of England and took the Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu as her 'reginal name', this name was used for formal and official matters. Emma De Normandie,   b. 23 Jun 982, Rouen, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1052, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1002 
    Children 
     1. King Edward, Of England,   b. 1002, Islip, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1066, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     2. Godgifu, Of England,   b. CA 1004, Kingdom of Wessex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1055, Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
     3. Ælfred Ætheling,   b. Abt 1005, Northumberland Beyond Tyne, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1036, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 31 years)
    Family ID F33026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Apr 1016 - London, Middlesex, Englalnd Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - May 1016 - Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Aethelred was unable to organise resistance against the Danes, earning him the nickname ‘unready’,or ‘badlyadvised’.He became king aged about 10, but fled to Normandy in 1013 when Sweyn Forkbeard, King of the Danes invaded England in an act of revenge following the St Brice’sDay massacre of England’sDanish inhabitants.\b3 Sweyn was pronounced King of England on Christmas Day 1013 and made his capital at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He died just 5 weeks later.\b3 Aethelred returned in 1014 after Sweyn’sdeath. The remainder of Aethelred’sreign was one of a constant state of war with Sweyn’sson Canute.