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Æthelred II …, 966–1016 (aged 50 years)

Name

Æthelred II …

Name: Æthelred II //
Given names: Æthelred II
Name prefix: King of England (978-1013 and 1014-1016)
Nickname: the UnReady

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Burial: after 8 July 975 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelflæd … Edward (Eadweard) … Family with spouse Wulfryth … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Family with spouse Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 943–975 Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England
mother	Links Death: 1000 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar I (Ēadgār) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … …–1000 Death: 1000
brother	Links Death: 970 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadmund … …–970 Death: 970
himself	Links Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England Burial: after 23 April 1016 — City of London, London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ælfgifu … Æthelstan Ætheling … Ecgbert … Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … Eadred … Eadwig (Edwy) … Eadgar … Wulfhild … Eadgyth … Ælfgifu … Daughter … Daughter … Abbess of Wherwell Family with spouse Emma … of Normandy King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … Alfred … Goda … Æthelred II … 966–1016 Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England

Father’s family with Æthelflæd …
father	Links Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Burial: after 8 July 975 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelflæd … Edward (Eadweard) … Family with spouse Wulfryth … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Family with spouse Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 943–975 Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England
father’s partner	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar I (Ēadgār) … Edward (Eadweard) … Æthelflæd … …–… Death:
half-brother	Links Birth: about 962 19 Death: 18 March 978 — Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Burial: after 18 March 978 — Wareham, Dorset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Edward (Eadweard) … 962–978 Birth: about 962 19 Death: 18 March 978 — Corfe Castle, Dorset, England

Father’s family with Wulfryth …
father	Links Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Burial: after 8 July 975 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelflæd … Edward (Eadweard) … Family with spouse Wulfryth … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Family with spouse Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … Eadmund … Æthelred II … Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 943–975 Birth: between 943 and 944 23 — Wessex, England Death: 8 July 975 — Winchester, Hampshire, England
father’s partner	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edgar I (Ēadgār) … Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton Wulfryth … …–… Death:
half-sister	Links Death: 984 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton …–984 Death: 984

Family with Ælfgifu …
himself	Links Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England Burial: after 23 April 1016 — City of London, London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ælfgifu … Æthelstan Ætheling … Ecgbert … Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … Eadred … Eadwig (Edwy) … Eadgar … Wulfhild … Eadgyth … Ælfgifu … Daughter … Daughter … Abbess of Wherwell Family with spouse Emma … of Normandy King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … Alfred … Goda … Æthelred II … 966–1016 Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England
partner	Links Death: 1003 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelred II … Æthelstan Ætheling … Ecgbert … Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … Eadred … Eadwig (Edwy) … Eadgar … Wulfhild … Eadgyth … Ælfgifu … Daughter … Daughter … Abbess of Wherwell Ælfgifu … …–1003 Death: 1003
son	Links Birth: 982 16 Death: 25 June 1014 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Æthelstan Ætheling … 982–1014 Birth: 982 16 Death: 25 June 1014
son	Links Death: 1005 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ecgbert … …–1005 Death: 1005
son	Links Birth: 989 23 — Wessex, England Death: 30 November 1016 — England Burial: after 30 November 1016 — Glastonbury, Somerset, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ealdgyth … Edward the Exile … Edmund … Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … 989–1016 Birth: 989 23 — Wessex, England Death: 30 November 1016 — England
son	Links Death: 1012 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadred … …–1012 Death: 1012
son	Links Death: 1017 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadwig (Edwy) … …–1017 Death: 1017
son	Links Death: 1012 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eadgar … …–1012 Death: 1012
daughter	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Wulfhild … …–… Death:
daughter	Links Death: Unique identifier: D187AD3AC9972041933FF173A98CF1AA06DD Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eadric Streona … Family with spouse Eadgyth … …–… Death:
daughter	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edith … of Northumberland Ælfgifu … …–… Death:
daughter	Links Death: Unique identifier: E95C76B22BD3DC4CA0680681A2786656F85E Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelstan … Daughter … …–… Death:
daughter	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Daughter … Abbess of Wherwell …–… Death:

Family with Emma … of Normandy
himself	Links Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England Burial: after 23 April 1016 — City of London, London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ælfgifu … Æthelstan Ætheling … Ecgbert … Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … Eadred … Eadwig (Edwy) … Eadgar … Wulfhild … Eadgyth … Ælfgifu … Daughter … Daughter … Abbess of Wherwell Family with spouse Emma … of Normandy King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … Alfred … Goda … Æthelred II … 966–1016 Birth: between 966 and 968 25 — Wessex, England Death: 23 April 1016 — London, England
partner	Links Death: 1052 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelred II … King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … Alfred … Goda … Family with spouse Cnut (Canute) … King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1040-1042) Harthacnut (Knud III Hardeknud) … Gunhild … Emma … of Normandy …–1052 Death: 1052
son	Links Birth: about 1003 37 — Islip, Oxfordshire, England Death: 5 January 1066 — London, England Burial: after 5 January 1066 — Westminster, City of Westminster, London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Eadgyth … King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … 1003–1066 Birth: about 1003 37 — Islip, Oxfordshire, England Death: 5 January 1066 — London, England
son	Links Death: 1036 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Alfred … …–1036 Death: 1036
daughter	Links Death: about 1047 Unique identifier: 1414F76DC175DA48BBA51A0E910B3A498BF5 Unique identifier: 7FF423D6880A2A48805AA539748614BFF5B8 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dreux … Count of the Vexin Ralf the Timid … Earl of HereFord Walter … Count of Mantes Son … Family with spouse Eustace II … Count of Boulogne Goda … …–1047 Death: about 1047

Cnut (Canute) … + Emma … of Normandy
partner’s partner	Links Birth: between 985 and 995 35 — Denmark Death: 12 November 1035 — Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Burial: after 12 November 1035 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ælfgifu … Svegn … King of Norway Harold (Harald) I … Family with spouse Emma … of Normandy King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1040-1042) Harthacnut (Knud III Hardeknud) … Gunhild … Cnut (Canute) … 985–1035 Birth: between 985 and 995 35 — Denmark Death: 12 November 1035 — Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
partner	Links Death: 1052 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Æthelred II … King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … Alfred … Goda … Family with spouse Cnut (Canute) … King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1040-1042) Harthacnut (Knud III Hardeknud) … Gunhild … Emma … of Normandy …–1052 Death: 1052
partner’s son	Links Birth: about 1018 33 — England Death: 8 June 1042 — Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, London, England Burial: after 8 June 1042 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1040-1042) Harthacnut (Knud III Hardeknud) … 1018–1042 Birth: about 1018 33 — England Death: 8 June 1042 — Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, London, England
partner’s daughter	Links Death: 1038 Unique identifier: B98C9959AADD4D40A0D675A2901EB0ACE2C8 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry III … Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany Gunhild … …–1038 Death: 1038

Events of close relatives
Birth	between 966 and 968 25 Wessex, England
Death of a brother	Eadmund … 970
Death of a father	Edgar I (Ēadgār) … 8 July 975 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Burial of a father	Edgar I (Ēadgār) … after 8 July 975 Glastonbury, Somerset, England Address: Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
Death of a half-brother	Edward (Eadweard) … 18 March 978 Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
Burial of a half-brother	Edward (Eadweard) … after 18 March 978 Wareham, Dorset, England
Birth of a son	Æthelstan Ætheling … 982
Death of a half-sister	Eadgyth … Abbess at Wilton 984
Birth of a son	Edmund II (Eadmund II Isen-Healf) … 989 Wessex, England
Death of a mother	Ælfthryth (Elfrida) … 1000
Birth of a son	King of England (1042-1066) Edward (Eadweard) … about 1003 Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Death of a wife	Ælfgifu … 1003
Death of a son	Ecgbert … 1005
Death of a son	Eadred … 1012
Death of a son	Eadgar … 1012
Death of a son	Æthelstan Ætheling … 25 June 1014
Death	23 April 1016 (aged 50 years) London, England
Burial	after 23 April 1016 (0 days after death) City of London, London, England Address: Old Saint Paul's Cathedral, City of London, London, England.
Last change	22 January 2023 – 09:29:02 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	He was an Anglo-Saxon king of England. His reign was Marked by bitter military stRuggles. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, duke of Normandy, ?helred married Richard's sister. This marriage provided the basis for the subsequent Norman claim to the English throne. Although ?helred paid tribute to the pLundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), king of Denmark, invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014 ?helred fled 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 ?helred's Death, became king of England. ?helred's sobriquet, The UnReady is a corruption of the Old English unraed, bad counsel, which is a reference to his misfortunes.

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Note

He was an Anglo-Saxon king of England. His reign was Marked by bitter
military stRuggles. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, duke of
Normandy, ?helred married Richard's sister. This marriage provided the
basis for the subsequent Norman claim to the English throne. Although
?helred paid tribute to the pLundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard),
king of Denmark, invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In
1014 ?helred fled 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 ?helred's Death, became king of England.
?helred's sobriquet, The UnReady is a corruption of the Old English
unraed, bad counsel, which is a reference to his misfortunes.

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Media object	King of England (978-1016), Æthelred II "the Unready"