 Aethelred 2nd Of Wessex, son of Edgar Of Wessex and Elfrida Of Devon.Born ± 968 at Wessex,England, died Apr 23, 1016 at London,England, approximately 48 years Nickname: Name Suffix: [totalburley.FTW] Ethelred II, called The Unready or Redless (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 (died 1052). 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. Married 985 at Wessex,England (approximately 16 years married) to:  Elgiva Of York, daughter of Ealdorman Thored Gunnarsson and N.N..Born ± 968 at Wessex,England, died Feb 1001/1002 at Winchester,Hampshire,England, approximately 33 years Also Known As:<_AKA> Elfreda _STATMARRIED Children: 1. Edmund 2nd UNKNOWNBorn ± 993 at Wessex,England, died Nov 30, 1016 at London,Middlesex,England, approximately 23 years Nickname: Name Prefix: Name Suffix: [totalburley.FTW] Edmund II, byname Edmund Ironside, king of the English from April 23 to Nov. 30, 1016, surnamed "Ironside" for his staunch resistance to a massive invasion led by the Danish king Canute. The son of King Ethelred II the Unready (reigned 978-1016), Edmund defied his father's orders by marrying (1015) the widow of one of the Danish lords then occupying English territory. Nevertheless, when Canute invaded England later in 1015, Edmund raised an army in northern England and ravaged regions that would not rally to his cause. Upon Ethelred's death (April 1016), a small number of councillors and citizens of London proclaimed Edmund as their ruler, but a larger body of nobles at Southampton declared for Canute. Edmund then launched a series of offensives against his rival. He recovered Wessex and relieved London of a siege before being decisively defeated by Canute at Ashington, Essex, on October 18. In the ensuing peace settlement, Edmund retained Wessex, while Canute held the lands north of the River Thames. After Edmund died (probably of natural causes), Canute became sole ruler of England. 2. Godgifu GodaBorn 1003 at Wessex,England, died 1055 at England, 51 or 52 years Name Prefix: Name Suffix: | |||