Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of ENGLAND

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• 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.


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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]

1. Athelstan Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 986 in Of, Wessex, England; died in 1016 in , England.
2. Egbert Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 987 in Of, Wessex, England; died about 1005 in , England.
3. 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.
4. Edred Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 990 in Wessex, England; and died.
5. Edwig Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 991 in Wessex, England; died in 1017 in , England.
6. Edward Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 992 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
7. Edgar Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 994 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
8. Edith Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 995 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
9. Elfgifu Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 997 in Wessex, England; died after 1040.
10. Wulfhild Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 998 in Of, Wessex, England; and died.
11. Miss Ethelred Of ENGLAND was born about 1001 in Of, Wherewell, Hampshire, England; and died.

Ethelred married Emma Princess Of NORMANDY in 1002 in Of Normandie, France. Emma (daughter of Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY, 3rd and Gunnora (Gonnor) DE CREPON) was born about 982 in Normandie (Normandy), France; died on 6 Mar 1051-1052 in , Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in St Martin's Church, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alfred Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1002 in , Wessex, England; died about 1036 in , England.
2. Edward III "The Confessor" King Of ENGLAND was born about 1004 in , Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1065-1066 in , London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 6 Jan 1065-1066 in St. Peter's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
3. Goda (Godgifu) Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1004 in Of, Wessex, England; died about 1055 in , England.
4. Ingelric "The Saxon" Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1006 in Of St. Martin`s, -Le Grand, London, Middlesex, England; and died.

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• 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.


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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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• AFN: GS4H-QD
• Name: Elfrida (ELFTHRYTH)
• _UID: 729AE9BCB7864E90A5AF0A286EBDA5042614

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• AFN: GS4H-RK
• Name: The Magnificent
• _UID: FD60A21612AE4324B7281B5564375827A5C5
• Titled: Between 939 and 946
• Event: 29 Nov 939

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Titled:
King of England

Event:
Crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames

Edmund married Elgiva (St. Elgiva) Queen Of ENGLAND about 940. Elgiva was born about 922 in Wessex, England; died in 944 in Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorsetshire, England; was buried in Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorsetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 8HS0-85
• _UID: 415E081875054062BDD110364645BB4C4195

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• AFN: 9GB3-CL
• Name: The Elder
• _UID: 2F1F67A1F28949879ADEAF6B10F482D58E6C
• Titled: Between 899 and 924
• Event: 8 Jun 900
• Alt. Death: 924; Alt. Death

Notes:

Well-trained by Alfred, his son Edward 'the Elder' (reigned 899-924) was a bold soldier who defeated the Danes in Northumbria at Tettenhall in 910 and was acknowledged by the Viking kingdom of York. The kings of Strathclyde and the Scots submitted to Edward in 921. By military success and patient planning, Edward spread English influence and control. Much of this was due to his alliance with his formidable sister Aethelflaed, who was married to the ruler of Mercia and seems to have governed that kingdom after her husband's death.

Edward was able to establish an administration for the kingdom of England, whilst obtaining the allegiance of Danes, Scots and Britons. Edward died in 924, and he was buried in the New Minster which he had had completed at Winchester. Edward was twice married, but it is possible that his eldest son Athelstan was the son of a mistress.

Relationship (J,M&L):
37th Great-grandparent

Titled:
King of Wessex

Event:
Crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames

Alt. Death:
, Farrington, Berkshire, England

Edward married Edgiva Of KENT about 920 in Wessex, England. Edgiva (daughter of Sigehelm Ealdorman Of KENT) was born about 905 in Dover, Kent, England; died on 25 Aug 968 in England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent Co., England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G8LS-SHB
• _UID: 4BE68D526ACB4667B532C669A7D5D78AE520