Æthelred the Unready KING OF THE ENGLISH

968 - 23 APR 1016

• BIRTH: 968, Wessex
• CHRISTENING: 978
• DEATH: 23 APR 1016, London, Middlesex, England
• BURIAL: AFT 23 APR 1016, St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: Æthelred's older half-brother, King Edward, died at the age of 15 or 16, stabbed while visiting Æthelred and his mother. Ælfthryth had supported her own son to be king instead of Edward and was blamed for Edward's death. There was no evidence of collusi
  OLDER+BROTHER+KING+EDWARD+DIED+BY+TREACHERY : 18 MAR 978, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
• EVENT: Æthelred was not yet old enough to rule when he was consecrated king by Archbishop Dunstan and Archbishop Oswald. His mother Queen Ælfthryth acted as regent (along with advisors) until about 984 when Æthelred reached his majority.
  UNDERAGE+KING : 978, London, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: After the death of the Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, on August 1, 984, Æthelred, now well into adulthood, took control of his kingdom from his mother for the first time.
  ASSUMED+THRONE+FOR+HIMSELF : 984, London, England
• EVENT: King+of+England+for+2+separate+terms : From 978 to 1013
• EVENT: KING+OF+THE+ENGLISH+1ST+REIGN : 18 March 978 – 25 December 1013, England
• EVENT: With a law he enacted at Wantage in 997, Æthelred has been credited with the formation of the prototype for the English grand jury. Twelve thegns were charged with publishing the names of notorious/wicked men in their respective districts, sworn under s
  ORIGIN+OF+GRAND+JURY : 997, England
• EVENT: By the end of 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard King of Denmark had seized control of England and forced Æthelred into exile in Normandy
  EXILE+IN+NORMANDY : 1013, London, England
• EVENT: KING+OF+THE+ENGLISH+2ND+REIGN : April 1014 – 23 April 1016, England
• EVENT: Different spellings of this king’s name most commonly found in modern texts are "Ethelred" "Aethelred" and "Æthelred", the latter being closer to the original Old English form Æþelræd. ALL ARE CORRECT. and all should appear on his record so he can be e
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• MARRIAGE: 985, Northumbria, England

1.  Æthelstan Ætheling
2.  Wulfhild
3.  Ecgberht ÆTHELING
4. +Edmund IRONSIDE
5. +Ælfgifu LADY OF NORTHUMBRIA
6.  Eadred Ætheling
7.  Eadwig Ætheling
8.  Eadgyth
9.  Edgar Ætheling
10.  daughter OF ATHELRED

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