Ethelred II, "The Unready" England, King of England

Abt 967 - 1016  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Ethelred II, "The Unready" England
  Suffix	King of England
  Born	Abt 967	Of, Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	B19R-5C
  Died	17 Apr 1016	London, Middlesex, England
  Buried	St. Paul'S, London, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I18729	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Edgar "The Peacable", England,   b. Abt 942, , Wessex, England ,   d. 3 Jul 975, , Wessex, England  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Mother	Elfrida (Elfthryth), Queen England,   b. Abt 946, Of, Devonshire, England ,   d. 999  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	963	, Wessex, England
  Family ID	F9215	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen England,   b. Abt 967, Of, Wessex, England
  Married	Abt 984	Of Wessex, England, England
  Children	1. Athelstan, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 979, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 1015, , England  (Age ~ 36 years)   2. Egbert, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 987, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 1004, , England  (Age ~ 17 years)   3. Edred, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 989, Of, Wessex, England + 4. Elgiva (Alfgifu), Princess England,   b. Abt 989, Of, Wessex, England   5. Edwig, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 990, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 1016, , England  (Age ~ 26 years) + 6. Edmund II, "Ironside", England,   b. Abt 991, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 24 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 25 years)   7. Edward, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 993, Of, Wessex, England   8. Edgar, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 995, Of, Wessex, England, England   9. Edith, Princess Of England,   b. Abt 996, Of, Wessex, England + 10. Elfgifu Princess Of England,   b. Abt 996, Wessex, England   11. Wulfhild, Princess Of England,   b. Abt 998, Of, Wessex, England   12. Miss, Queen Of Ringmere, [Queen],   b. Abt 999, Of, Wessex, England   13. Miss Ethelred Of England, [Abbess],   b. Abt 1000, Of Wherewell, Hampshire, Hampshire, England + 14. Aethelreda, Princess Of England,   b. Abt 1041, Of, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F6673	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Emma, Princess Of Normandy, [Queen],   b. Abt 981, Normandy, England ,   d. 29 Feb 1052, Winchester, Hants, England  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	1001	Of Normandy, France, France
  Children	1. Alfred, Prince Of England,   b. Abt 1001, Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 1035, , England  (Age ~ 34 years)   2. Edward III "The Confessor" England,   b. Abt 1003, Islip, Oxford, England ,   d. 30 Dec 1065, , England  (Age ~ 62 years)   3. Goda, Princess Of England,   b. Abt 1016, Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 1054, , England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F6672	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Ethelred II, "The Unready", King Of England was sometimes called "the Unread," or counsel-less, because he could not command the support of his leading nobles. Today he is often called "the Unready" because that word looks like "Unraed." He failed to stop Danish invasions, and finally bought peace with money. This was the origin of the Danegeld. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p E291.