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• Roepnaam Æthelred "the Unready".
• Hij is geboren op 19 maart 968 in Wessex, England.
• Hij is overleden op 23 april 1016 in London, Middlesex, England.buried at Old St Paul's Cathedral, hij was toen 48 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Edgar "the Peaceful" of England en Elfthryth of Devon

Gezin van King Æthelred "the Unready" (Æthelred "the Unready") of England

Hij heeft/had een relatie met Ælfgifu of York.

Kind(eren):

1. Edmund "Ironside" of England  988-1016 

Notities over King Æthelred "the Unready" (Æthelred "the Unready") of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready

 

Æthelred the Unready, or Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd (Old English pronunciation: [æðelræːd])),^[1][2] (c. 966 – 23 April 1016) was King of the English (978–1013 and 1014–1016). He was the son of King Edgar the Peaceful and Queen Ælfthryth and was around 12 years old when his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered on 18 March 978. Although Æthelred was not personally suspected of participation, the murder was committed at Corfe Castle by his attendants, making it more difficult for the new king to rally the nation against the military raids by Danes, especially as the legend of St Edward the Martyr grew.

From 991 onwards, Æthelred paid tribute, or Danegeld, to the Danish king. In 1002, Æthelred ordered what became known as the St. Brice's Day massacre of Danish settlers. In 1003, King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England, as a result of which Æthelred fled to Normandy in 1013 and was replaced by Sweyn. He would return as king, however, after Sweyn's death in 1014.

"Unready" is a mistranslation of the Old English word unræd (meaning bad-counselled, the ræd being cognate with Rat in German; its modern English descendant is rede, although this word is now obsolete), a twist on his name "Æthelred", meaning noble-counseled. It should not be "unprepared", but rather "ill-advised".

Æthelred married first Ælfgifu, daughter of Thored, earl of Northumbria, in about 985.^[15] Their known children are:

• Æthelstan Ætheling (died 1014)
• Ecgberht Ætheling (died c. 1005)^[27]
• Edmund Ironside (died 1016)
• Eadred Ætheling (died before 1013)
• Eadwig Ætheling (executed by Cnut 1017)
• Edgar Ætheling (died c. 1008)^[27]
• Eadgyth or Edith (married Eadric Streona)
• Ælfgifu (married Uchtred the Bold, ealdorman of Northumbria)
• Wulfhilda (married Ulfcytel Snillingr)
• Abbess of Wherwell Abbey

In 1002 Æthelred married Emma of Normandy, sister of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. Their children were:

• Edward the Confessor (died 1066)
• Ælfred Ætheling (died 1036–7)
• Goda of England (married 1. Drogo of Mantes and 2. Eustace II, Count of Boulogne)

All of Æthelred's sons were named after predecessors of Æthelred on the throne.^[28]

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