Born ‎ 966 at Of, Wessex, England, died ‎ Apr 23, 1016 at London, Middlesex, England‎, 49 or 50 years, buried ‎ UNKNOWN at St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England

Aethelred, one of the most hated kings of England, inherited the throne when he was ten years old. His name comes from the Anglo Saxon name for him, "Unraed," which means "evil-counseled," or "uncounseled," and was a pun on his name. Later generations, after the language had changed, produced the pun we have here.

He was supposed to be licentious and mean.He was not ready for the Danes to renew their attack. They had been pretty docile since Alfred, the Great. He lost all of England. His son Edmund II Ironside, briefly recovered some of it, but then King Canute (and 2 other Danish kings) took over until Aethelred's other son, Edward the Confessor, regained the throne--only to lose it in the next generation to William the Conqueror.

Born ‎± 963 at Wessex, England, died ‎ Feb 1001-1002 at Winchester, England‎, approximately 39 years

Ancestral File Number: GS4H-MV

Born ‎± 982 at Of, Normandy, France, died ‎ Mar 6, 1052 at Winchester, Hampshire, England‎, approximately 70 years, buried ‎ UNKNOWN at St Martin's Chur, Winchester, Hampshire, England, ‎1st marriage to: [King] Ethelred II "Unready" England [King], ‎2nd marriage to: [King E N D] Knut "Den Grosse" "The Great" England & Norway [King E N D]

Name Suffix: [QUEEN OF ENGLAN
Ancestral File Number: B19R-Q9
Mother of Edward the Confessor.