Aethelred II The Unready …Age: 48 years968–1016
- Name
- Aethelred II The Unready …
- Given names
- Aethelred II The Unready
| Birth | about 968 24 23 |
| Death of a father | Edgar I The Peaceful … July 8, 975 (Age 7 years) |
| Acceded | April 4, 978 (Age 10 years) |
| Marriage | Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria … — View this family about 985 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Edmund II Ironside … 989 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria … February 1002 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elfthryth (Elfrida) … November 17, 1002 (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Edmund II Ironside … — Ealdgyth Of Northumbria … — View this family 1015 (Age 47 years) |
| Death | April 23, 1016 (Age 48 years) |
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Edgar I The Peaceful … Birth: 944 23 Death: July 8, 975 — Winchester, England |
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Elfthryth (Elfrida) … Birth: about 945 — Lydford Castle, Devon Death: November 17, 1002 — Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire |
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Marriage: 964 — |
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5 years himself |
Aethelred II The Unready … Birth: about 968 24 23 Death: April 23, 1016 — London, England |
| Family with Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria … |
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Aethelred II The Unready … Birth: about 968 24 23 Death: April 23, 1016 — London, England |
| wife |
Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria … Birth: about 963 Death: February 1002 — Winchester, England |
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Marriage: about 985 — |
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5 years son |
Edmund II Ironside … Birth: 989 21 26 Death: November 30, 1016 — Killed |
- Generation 1
Aethelred II The Unready …, son of Edgar I The Peaceful … and Elfthryth (Elfrida) …, was born about 968 and died on April 23, 1016 in London, England. He married Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria … about 985. She was born about 963 and died in February 1002 in Winchester, England.
Children of Aethelred II The Unready … and Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria …:
- Edmund II Ironside … (989–1016)
- Generation 2back to top
Edmund II Ironside …, son of Aethelred II The Unready … and Elfreda (Aelgifu) Of Northumbria …, was born in 989 and died on November 30, 1016 in Killed at the age of 27. He married Ealdgyth Of Northumbria … in 1015 in Malmsbury, Wiltshire. She was born about 995.
Children of Edmund II Ironside … and Ealdgyth Of Northumbria …:
- Edward (The Outlaw-Exile) Atheling (1016–1057)
- Generation 3back to top
Edward (The Outlaw-Exile) Atheling, son of Edmund II Ironside … and Ealdgyth Of Northumbria …, was born about 1016 and died in 1057. He married Agatha Von Braunschweig. She was born about 1025 and died after 1066.
Children of Edward (The Outlaw-Exile) Atheling and Agatha Von Braunschweig:
- St Margaret Of Scotland Atheling (1045–1093)
- Christina Atheling
- Edgar Atheling (1053–1110)
| Shared note | Reigned 979-1013(deposed) and 1014-1016. In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld) to the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Canutes invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010. His tomb was lost when the old St Pauls was destroyed in the great fire of London. |