Born ‎± 968 at Of, Wessex, England, died ‎ Apr 23, 1016 at London, Middlesex, England‎, approximately 48 years, buried ‎ at Old St. Pauls. Occupations: ‎ at King of the English; , ‎ at King Of England 979 - 1016;
He was an Anglo-Saxon king of England. His reign was marked by bittermilitary struggles. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, dukeof Normandy, thelred married Richard's sister. This marriage providedthe basis for the subsequent
Norman claim to the English throne. Although thelred paid tribute tothe plundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), king of Denmark,invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014 thelredfled 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 thelred's death,became king of England. thelred's sobriquet, The Unready is acorruption of the Old English unraed, bad
counsel, which is a reference to his misfortunes.





Accension to throne: 979

Deposed by the Danes 1013: Restored 1014King of England from 978 to1016.Crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames in 979, he later fled to Normandyafter the
Danish invasion in the autumn of 1013. He was restored to his throneupon the
death of Sweyn, Feb 1014. [His regain of the throne is not shown inthe Begin
Reign-End Reign Events, only the initial reign. (ph)]King of Englandfrom 978 to 1016.@NI2328@


[Hull Dir Royal Gen Data: Reigned 979-1013(deposed) and 1014-1016.
In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes(Danegeld) to
the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after hisdeath.
Died during Canutes invasion of England.
Burke says he died 1010. His tomb was lost when the old St Pauls wasdestroyed
in the great fire of London.]
GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch GEDCOMprovided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch GEDCOM provided byCarolyn Proffitt Winch REIGNED: King of England(978-1016)

Aethelred (the Unready) 965-1016, king of England (978-1016), calledAEthelred
the Unready [Old Eng., = without counsel]. He was the son of EDGAR,and the
half brother and successor of Edward the Martyr. A weak king, hereigned at
the height of Danish power. Although he began paying tribute throughthe
DANEGELD to the Danes in 991, they returned in 997 to plunder hisrealm,
staying until 1000. In 1002 AEthelred married Emma, sister of theduke of
Normandy, possibly hoping to gain an ally. Although by 1009 a navyexisted,
the treason of its commanders rendered it useless. In 1013 the Danishking
SWEYN returned to conquer; he was well received in the DANELAW andLondon
capitulated. AEthelred fled to Normandy but was restored in 1014 onSweyn's
death. In 1016 AEthelred's son EDMUND IRONSIDE succeeded him, made atreaty
with CANUTE, son of Sweyn, and died. Canute succeeded him and married
AEthelred's widow.

SOURCE: Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright 1994,Columbia
University Press.; The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England byAntonia
Fraser p.24-25; The Royal Line (Adamic Genealogy) March 1980, AlbertF. SchmuhlHe was an Anglo-Saxon king of England. His reign was markedby bitter military struggles. After negotiating a treaty with RichardII, duke of Normandy, thelred married Richard's sister. This marriageprovided the basis for the subsequent
Norman claim to the English throne. Although thelred paid tribute tothe plundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), king of Denmark,invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014 thelredfled 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 thelred's death,became king of England. thelred's sobriquet, The Unready is acorruption of the Old English unraed, bad
counsel, which is a reference to his misfortunes.



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the Unready

Accension to throne: 979

Deposed by the Danes 1013: Restored 1014King of England from 978 to1016.Suspected by many of complicity in Edward's murder, he seemed aninefficient
ruler with successions of Danish raids. While the kingdom of Englandwas
conquered, it escaped disintegration under him. 1013: King of Denmarkwas
recognized as "king everywhere" and Ethelred exiled at hisbrother-in-law's
court, Richard, Duke of Normandy. Sweg Forkbeard, the Danish King,died in
1014, however, and the English nobility recalled Ethelred. He wassucceeded
by his son, Edmund II, when he died in the spring of 1016.!SOURCES:
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4. Lewis Topogr. Dict., v. 4, p. 508
5. The Royal Line of Succession, A16A225, p. 7
6. Dict. of Nat'l Biog., Eng. Pub. A, v. 18, p. 27-33
7. George's Tab., Eng. 102, Tab. 1
8. Hist. of the Anglo-Saxons, Eng. 36, v. 2, p. 260-86, 305, 320
9. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 21
10. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 740
11. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 601, 602