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King AEthelred II (The Unready)

Born: c968
Father: Edgar the Peaceful, King of England
Mother: Aelfthryth (Elfrida)
Reigned: 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016
Died: 23 April 1016, London, England

 

He was married 3 times and had 16 children including Edmund II Ironside, King of England, (born 989) and Edward (St.) the Confessor, King of England, (born c1002).

In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld) to the enemy.His reprisal was the St. Brides massacre in which all Danes living in England were killed.

The Danish fleet was often based in Greenwich as a base to attack London. The Archbishop of Canterbury (Alfege) was murdered in Greenwich by a Danish invading force on Easter Day 1012.

He was driven into exile in Normandy by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Cnut's invasion of England.

 

Key events:

1002 - 13 November (St. Brice's Day) - Ethelred ordered the massacre of Danes living in England

1002/3? - Birth of Edward (the Confessor) - Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England (again)

1007: Danes bought off from England by Ethelred - Ship money first levied in England

1009: Danish invasion of England

1012: 19 April - St. Alphege (954 - 1012) martyred on Easter Sunday, on spot of St. Alfege Church in Greenwich.

1013: Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England (again) - Ethelred fled to Norway

 

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