Æthelred, II, "The Redeless," King Of England^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 968 - 1016

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• Suffix	II, "The Redeless," King Of England
  Birth	Abt 968  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Coronation was at Kingston on 14 Apr 978.  [2]
  Notes	His name  [4]
  	The name Æthelred means "noble council", but a cynical 13th century pun suggested his name should have been "evil council" or "unrede" because he said to have participated in a plot to murder his half brother St. Edward the Martyr. However, he was only about 10 years old at the time, and it is diffiuclt to imagine how a child could have been a participant in such a heinous crime. Regardless, Æthelred's name "the Unrede" stuck. The name "the Unready" was coined centuries later and is mistaken.
  Notes	Succeeded to the crown after the assassination of his half-brother, Edward "the Martyr."  [2]
  Reign	979 to 1013 and 1014 to 1016  [4]
  	Æthelred reigned from 979 to 1013, at which time he was temporarily deposed by King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark, who was never actually crowned King of England. When Sweyn died on February 3, 1014, the Witan recalled Æthelred who then reigned until his death on April 23, 1016.
  _UID	8425382FAD654CC8AE684BD0BDB3F223EC7F
  Died	23 Apr 1016	London, Middlesex, England   [2, 3]
  Buried	Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England   [4]
  	His tomb was lost when the old St. Paul's was destroyed by the great fire of London
  Person ID	I1774	Linda's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Edgar, "The Peaceful," King Of England,   b. 944,   d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Mother	Ælfthryth, Of Wessex,   b. 945,   d. Abt 1000, Wherwell, Hampshire, England
  Married	965
  Family ID	F962	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Ælfgifu,   b. 968,   d. 1002
  Married	985  [2, 5]
  Children	1. Athelstan,   b. Abt 986,   d. 1015   2. Ecgbert,   d. Abt 1005   3. Edmund, II, "Ironside," King Of England,   b. Abt 989,   d. 30 Nov 1016   4. Edred,   d. Abt 1012   5. Edwy,   d. 1017   6. Edward,   d. Bef 1004   7. Edgar,   d. Abt 1012   8. Edith,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Ælfgifu,   b. 989,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2011
  Family ID	F961	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Emma, Of Normandy,   b. 986,   d. 14 Mar 1052, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Married	5 Apr 1002  [2, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Godgifu,   b. Abt 1009,   d. 1056
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2011
  Family ID	F966	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S149] Hans A. M. Weebers, Hans A. M. Weebers, (Website). [S180] Royal Families in Europe, Mayflower Descendants, Mrs. (Oscar Herbert) Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, (Originally published Burlington, Vermont, 1932, Supplement published, 1943, Consolidated and reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1992, 1993), Page 3 (Reliability: 3). [S150] Ancestral Roots, Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., (Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore MD, 2004), Page 2 (Reliability: 3). [S184] Sewell Genealogy, Robert Sewell, (Homepage Robert Sewell is a retired teacher. I have copied some brief passages from his pages, but there is much more history at the above URL for those who would like to know more about the history of these early generations.), Wessex and England (Reliability: 3). [S150] Ancestral Roots, Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., (Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore MD, 2004), Page 2 (Reliability: 4). [S184] Sewell Genealogy, Robert Sewell, (Homepage Robert Sewell is a retired teacher. I have copied some brief passages from his pages, but there is much more history at the above URL for those who would like to know more about the history of these early generations.), Dukes of Normandy (Reliability: 3).