Ethelred II, 'The_Unready' England, King of England

b 0968, Of, , Wessex, England
d 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, , England			Alfred 'The Great', England	>
bur St. Paul'S, London, Middlesex, England		Edward I, 'The_Elder' England	Ethelswida (Alswitha), Queen England	>
	Edmund I, 'Magnificent' England	b 0871	Sigehelm, Earl Of Kent
	\| b 0923	Edgiva, Queen Of England	Mrs-Sigehelm Of Kent
Edgar 'The Peacable', England	d 26 May 0946	b 0896
\|b 0943	\|
\|d 08 Jul 0975	Elgiva, Queen Of England
\|	b 0922
Ethelred II, 'The_Unready' England, King of England	d 0944
\|Emma, Princess Of Normandy, [Queen]-2 +
\|m 0985	Ordgar Ealdorman
\|Of Wessex, England, , England	\|b 0922
Elfrida (Elfthryth), Queen England
b 0947	\|
d 1000	Mrs-Ordgar Ealdorman
	b 0927

Children

1		Alfred, Prince Of England
2		Edward III 'The_Confessor' England
3		Goda, Princess Of England

Notes

Ethelred II, 'The Unready', King Of England was sometimes called 'the Unraed,' or counsel-less, because he could not command the support of his leading nobles. Today he is often called 'the Unready' because that word looks like 'Unraed.' He failed to stop Danish invasions, and finally bought peace with money. This was the origin of the Danegeld.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p E291.

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