Person Sheet


Name Aethelred II, King of England
Alias/AKA Aethelred the Unready149
Birth Date ca 0968149
Death Date Apr 23, 1016149
Death Place London, London, England
Burial Place London, London, England149
Burial Memo St. Paul's Cathedral
Father Edgar , King of England (0944-0975)
Mother Aelfthryth (ca0945-1002)
Spouses
1 Elfreda
Birth Date ca 0963149
Death Date Feb 1002149
Death Place Winchester, Dorset, England
Father Thored , Ealdorman of York
Mother Hilda
Marriage Date ca 0985149
Children Edmund (0989-1016)
2 Emma OF NORMANDY
Birth Date ca 0986149
Birth Place Normandie, France
Death Date Mar 14, 1052149
Death Place Winchester, Dorset, England
Burial Place England149
Father Richard OF NORMANDY , Duke of Normandy (0933-0996)
Mother Gunnor OF CREPON (?-1031)
Marriage Date Apr 5, 1002149
Marriage Place England
Children Godgifu (ca1009-<1056)
Notes for Aethelred II, King of England
"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 [Sweyn's] death. Died during Canute's invasion of England. His tomb was lost when the old St. Paul's was destroyed in the great fire of London."149
Research Notes
MARRIAGE: His marriage to Emma is confirmed with no date or place given.153

DEATH: "Burke says he died 1010."149
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