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Carney & Wehofer Family
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 Abt 1015 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
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| 6. | Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of ENGLAND was born about 968 in Wessex, England (son of Edgar "The Peacable" King Of ENGLAND and Elfrida (Elfthryth) Queen Of ENGLAND); died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesexshire, England; was buried in St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England. Other Events:
- AFN: B19R-5C
- Name: Aethelred II "The Unready" Of WESSEX
- Name: The Unready
- _UID: 41EC8E7EDABD4F20A2C61747ACB386F3DDCA
Notes:
Ethelred, the younger son of Edgar, became king at the age of seven following the murder of his half-brother Edward II in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by Edward's own supporters.
For the rest of Ethelred's rule (reigned 978-1016), his brother became a posthumous rallying point for political unrest; a hostile Church transformed Edward into a royal martyr. Known as the Un-raed or 'Unready' (meaning 'no counsel', or that he was unwise), Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of his subjects. In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes in England to eliminate potential treachery.
Not being an able soldier, Ethelred defended the country against increasingly rapacious Viking raids from the 980s onwards by diplomatic alliance with the duke of Normandy in 991 (he later married the duke's daughter Emma) and by buying off renewed attacks by the Danes with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1006 was dismissive: 'in spite of it all, the Danish army went about as it pleased'. By 1012, 48,000 pounds of silver was being paid in Danegeld to Danes camped in London.
In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy when the powerful Viking Sweyn of Denmark dispossessed him. Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014, but died himself in 1016.
Source: lorenfamily.com
Relationship (J,M&L):
32nd Great-grandparent
Ethelred married Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen Of ENGLAND about 985 in Of, Wessex, England. Alfgifu (daughter of Thored Ealderman GUNNARSSON) was born about 968 in Of, Wessex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen Of ENGLAND was born about 968 in Of, Wessex, England (daughter of Thored Ealderman GUNNARSSON); and died. Other Events:
- AFN: GS4H-MV
- _UID: 88A63A5A0EFF4B01992F60683773FA035211
Notes:
Source: lorenfamily.com
Relationship (J,M&L):
32nd Great-grandparent
Children:
- Athelstan Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 986 in Of, Wessex, England; died in 1016 in , England.
- Egbert Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 987 in Of, Wessex, England; died about 1005 in , England.
- Edmund II "Ironside" King Of ENGLAND was born about 988 in Of, Wessex, England; died on 30 Nov 1016 in Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Of, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.
- Edred Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 990 in Wessex, England; and died.
- Edwig Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 991 in Wessex, England; died in 1017 in , England.
- Edward Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 992 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
- Edgar Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 994 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
- Edith Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 995 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
- 3. Elfgifu Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 997 in Wessex, England; died after 1040.
- Wulfhild Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 998 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
- Miss Ethelred Of ENGLAND was born about 1001 in Of, Wherewell, Hampshire, England; and died.
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Generation: 4
| 12. | Edgar "The Peacable" King Of ENGLAND was born about 943 in , Wessex, England (son of Edmund I "The Magnificent" King Of ENGLAND and Elgiva (St. Elgiva) Queen Of ENGLAND); died on 8 Jul 975 in , Wessex, England. Other Events:
- AFN: GS4H-P7
- Name: Edgar "The PEACABLE"
- Name: The Peacable
- _UID: F5A624911EF14971A6590C8BB4138AB8B868
Notes:
Edgar, king in Mercia and the Danelaw from 957, succeeded his brother as king of the English on Edwy's death in 959 - a death which probably prevented civil war breaking out between the two brothers. Edgar was a firm and capable ruler whose power was acknowledged by other rulers in Britain, as well as by Welsh and Scottish kings. Edgar's late coronation in 973 at Bath was the first to be recorded in some detail; his queen Aelfthryth was the first consort to be crowned queen of England.
Edgar was the patron of a great monastic revival which owed much to his association with Archbishop Dunstan. New bishoprics were created, Benedictine monasteries were reformed and old monastic sites were re-endowed with royal grants, some of which were of land recovered from the Vikings.
In the 970s and in the absence of Viking attacks, Edgar - a stern judge - issued laws which for the first time dealt with Northumbria (parts of which were in the Danelaw) as well as Wessex and Mercia. Edgar's coinage was uniform throughout the kingdom. A more united kingdom based on royal justice and order was emerging; the Monastic Agreement (c.970) praised Edgar as 'the glorious, by the grace of Christ illustrious king of the English and of the other peoples dwelling within the bounds of the island of Britain'. After his death on 8 July 975, Edgar was buried at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.
Source: lorenfamily.com
Edgar married Elfrida (Elfthryth) Queen Of ENGLAND in 964 in , Wessex, England. Elfrida was born about 947 in Of, Devonshire, England; died in 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 13. | Elfrida (Elfthryth) Queen Of ENGLAND was born about 947 in Of, Devonshire, England; died in 1000. Other Events:
- AFN: GS4H-QD
- Name: Elfrida (ELFTHRYTH)
- _UID: 729AE9BCB7864E90A5AF0A286EBDA5042614
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Source: lorenfamily.com
Children:
- Prince Of England EDMUND was born about 966 in , Wessex, England; died in 970 in , Wessex, England.
- 6. Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of ENGLAND was born about 968 in Wessex, England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesexshire, England; was buried in St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England.
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| 14. | Thored Ealderman GUNNARSSON was born about 938 in Of, Wessex, England; and died. Other Events:
- AFN: GS58-CM
- _UID: 2509DA4480EA44FC90DB85DF22A35E5B4347
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Source: lorenfamily.com
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