King Aethelred II^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 968 - 1016  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Aethelred II
  Prefix	King
  Born	Abt 968
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Apr 1016  [4, 5]
  Person ID	I2543	Schuerman-Wood-Worden
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	King Edgar,   b. Abt 943,   d. 8 Jul 975  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Mother	Aethelthryth
  Family ID	F1079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Aelfgifu,   d. 1002
  Married	985  [5]
  Children	1. King Edmund Ironside,   b. 989,   d. 30 Nov 1016  (Age 27 years)   2. Aelfgifu
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emma of Normandy,   d. 6 Mar 1052
  Married	1002
  Children	1. King Edward the Confessor,   b. Abt 1005,   d. 5 Jan 1066  (Age ~ 61 years)   2. Alfred,   d. 1037   3. Goda
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F1077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "The Unready" (the "ill-advised"). King of England 978-1016. Attempted to buy off the invading Vikings but lost his kingship 1013-14 when the Danish king, Sweyn Forkbeard forced him into exile in Normandy. Recalled on Sweyn's death, but died a couple of years later as Cnut threatened invasion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S103] Oxford Companion to British History, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), p. 8, 1028. [S178] Anglo Saxon Chronicle, (Routlage, 1998), Many references. [S102] Henry Project (website), Baldwin, Stewart , (sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/henry.htm). [S139] Early Sources of Scottish History, Anderson, Alan Orr , (Ediburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1922, 2 vols.), DA744.A48., p. 545. [S135] Ancestral Roots of American Colonists, Weis, F. L., (8th ed., Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co., 2004), line 1:18.