Aethelred of England, King of England

968 - 1016  (48 years)

• Name	Aethelred of England
  Title	King of England
  Birth	19 Mar 968	Wessex, England
  Christening	978
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Apr 1016	Middlesex, England
  Burial	Aft 23 Apr 1016	London, England
  Person ID	I7344	footsteps | Pat
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Edgar Wessex, King Of England ,   b. 7 Aug 943, Wessex, England d. 8 Jul 975, Worcestershire, England (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Aelfthryth of England, Queen Of England ,   b. Abt 941, Wessex, England d. Abt 1000, Hampshire, England (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	964
  Family ID	F4433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aelfgifu Of York,   b. 970, Essex, England d. Bef 1001, England (Age < 30 years)
  Marriage	985
  Children	+ 1. Edmund Wessex, King Of England ,   b. Bef 990, Wessex, England d. 30 Nov 1016, London, England (Age > 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Alfgifu Wessex,   b. 990, England d. England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  King Aethelred II The Unready ( 978 - 1016 ) 978 - Aethelred, son of Edgar, becomes King of England following the mu r d e r of his half brother Edward 980 - Danes renew their raids on England attacking Chester and Southamp t o n 985 - Sweyn I, Forkbeard, rebels against his father Harold Blue-tooth a n d d e poses him 991 - Battle of Maldon: Byrhtnoth of Essex is defeated by Danish invade r s ; A ethelred buys off the Danes with 10,000 pounds of silver (Danegeld ) 992 - Aethelred makes a truce with Duke Richard I of Normandy 994 - Danes under Sweyn and Norwegians under Olaf Trygvesson sail up ri v e r T hames and besiege London; bought off by Aethelred 1002 - Aethelred orders a massacre of Danish settlers. After the death o f h i s f irst wife Elfleda he marries Emma of Normandy 1012 - The Danes raid Kent, burning Canterbury Cathedral and murdering A r c h bishop Alphege 1013 - King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark lands in England and is proclaim e d k i ng; Aethelred II the Unready flees to Normandy 1014 - The English recall Aethelred II the Unready as King on the death o f S w e yn at Gainsborough 1015 - King Canute II of Denmark & Norway again invades England

  
  

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