Ethelred II the Redeless King of ENGLAND, HRH
Birth:
Abt 968
Wessex, England
Death:
23 Apr 1016
London, Middlesex, England
Burial:
Abt Apr 1016
St. Paul's, London, England
Marriage:
1002
of Normandy, France
Notes:
2 GIVN Aethelred II "The Redless" King of
2 SURN ENGLAND
Event: Ruled 978-1013, 1014-1016
Note:
Aethelred, one of the most hated kings of England, inherited the throne when he was ten years old. His name comes from the Anglo Saxon name for him, Unraed, which means evil-counseled, or uncounseled, and was a pun on his name. Later generations, after the language had changed, produced the pun we have here.
He was supposed to be licentious and mean.
He was not ready for the Danes to renew their attack. They had been pretty docile since Alfred, the Great. He lost all of England. His son Edmund II Ironside, briefly recovered some of it, but then King Canute (and 2 other Danish kings) took over until Aethelred's other son, Edward the Confessor, regained the throne--only to lose it in the next generation to William the Conqueror.
Aka, The Unready. Also born 958. King of England from 978 to 1016.His reign
coincided with the height of the Danish raiding and plundering.
Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
The English House of Wessex; Including Danes and Norman descent, apart of
Bloodline of the Holy Grail, by Laurence Gardner (1996) page(s) 416;ISBN
1-85230-870-2.
King of England 969-1016. Known as the Redeless. The internet
site British History says that he ruled 968/1016. He
suceeded to the throne after the murder of his half brother,
Edward II, The Martyr, at the age of ten. His reign was plagued
by poor advice from his personal favorites and suspicions of his
complicity in Edward's murder. His was a long and rather
ineffective reign which was notable for little other han the
payment of the Danegeld, an attempt to buy off the Viking
invaders with money.
See Note Page
Eric Delderfield:
Ethelred the Unready's reign was beset by a renewal of Viking raids, of a ferocity unknown since Alfred's time. Powerless to defeat the invaders, Ethelred resorted to buying off the Danes with silver (Danegold), which only encouraged further raids. On St. Brice's Day, 13 November 1002, he ordered a massacre of the Danes resident in England, a treachery prompting a retaliatory invasion the following year under Sweyn, son of the Danish king. Sweyn's military successes so eroded support for Ethelred that he could no longer rely upon the nobility or the army, compelling him to flee to Normandy in 1013. (In 1002 he had established the first link with Normandy by marrying Duke Richard's daughter Emma.) Sweyn's death in 1014 enabled Ethelred to return, but he was deprived of half the kingdom by his son Edmund, who made himself ruler in Danelaw. Ethelred died in London in 1016.
Facts about this person:
Record Change October 25, 1999
Burial 1016
London, England
Emma Queen of ENGLAND, NORMANDY HRH
Birth:
Abt 982
Normandy, France
Death:
6 Mar 1052
Winchester, Hants, England
Burial:
Abt Mar 1052
Saint Martin's, Church, Winchester, Hants, England
Sources:
TITLE
Notes:
Princess of Normandy, France who became Queen of England. Sister ofRichard
II, Duke of Normandy, daughter of Richard I.
Source includes, but is not limited to:
Ancestral File and the IGI, International Genealogical Index,both
resource systems developed and solely owned by The Church of JesusChrist of
Latter Day Saints.
The English House of Wessex; Including Danes and Norman descent, apart of
Bloodline of the Holy Grail, by Laurence Gardner (1996) page 416;ISBN
1-85230-870-2.
See Note Page
Facts about this person:
Record Change October 25, 1999
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Abt 1004
Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Death:
4 Jan 1065/66
Westminster, England
Notes:
2 GIVN St. Edward the
2 SURN CONFESSOR
Reigned from 1042 to 1066.
Source(s) include, but are not limited to;
The English House of Wessex; Including Danes and Norman descent, apart of
Bloodline of the Holy Grail, by Laurence Gardner (1996) page 416;ISBN
1-85230-870-2.
Catholic Online Saints
St. Edward the Confessor
Feastday: October 13
Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He was born at Islip, England, and sent to Normandy with his mother in the year 1013 when the Danes under Sweyn and his son Canute invaded England. Canute remained in England and the year after Ethelred's death in 1016, married Emma, who had returned to England, and became King of England. Edward remained in Normandy, was brought up a Norman, and in 1042, on the death of his half-brother, Hardicanute, son of Canute and Emma, and largely through the support of the powerful Earl Godwin, he was acclaimed king of England. In 1044, he married Godwin's daughter Edith. His reign was a peaceful one characterized by his good rule and remission of odious taxes, but also by the struggle, partly caused by his natural inclination to favor the Normans, between Godwin and his Saxon supporters and the Norman barons, including Robert of Jumieges, whom Edward had brought with him when he returned to England and whom he named Archbishop of Canterbury in 1051. In the same year, Edward banished Godwin, who took refuge in Flanders but returned the following year with a fleet ready to lead a rebellion. Armed revolt was avoided when the two men met and settled their differences; among them was the Archbishop of Canterbury, which was resolved when Edward replaced Robert with Stigand, and Robert returned to Normandy. Edward's difficulties continued after Godwin's death in 1053 with Godwin's two sons: Harold who had his eye on the throne since Edward was childless, and Tostig, Earl of Northumbria. Tostig was driven from Northumbria by a revolt in 1065 and banished to Europe by Edward, who named Harold his successor. After this Edward became more interested in religious affairs and built St. Peter's Abbey at Westminster, the site of the present Abbey, where he is buried. His piety gained him the surname the Confessor. He died in London on January 5, and he was canonized in 1161 by Pope Alexander III. His feast day is October 13
2
Edred Prince of ENGLAND
Birth:
Abt 1005
Wessex, England
Death:
Marr:
3
Aelfgifu Princess of ENGLAND
Birth:
Abt 1015
Death:
Marr:
5
Alfred Athling
Birth:
Death:
1036
Marr:
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Ethelred II the Redeless King of England, Hrh - Emma Queen of England, Normandy Hrh
Ethelred II the Redeless King of England, Hrh
was born at Wessex, England Abt 968.
His parents were Edgar I the Peaceable King of England, Hrh and Ethelflaed Ealdorman Queen of England, Hrh.
He married Emma Queen of England, Normandy Hrh 1002 at of Normandy, France . Emma Queen of England, Normandy Hrh was born at Normandy, France Abt 982 daughter of Richard I Sans Peur 3rd Duke of Normandy, Sir and Gonnor II Crepon, Duchess of NormandyLady .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Edward the Confessor King of Plantagenet, England Hrh
born Abt 1004.
Edred Prince of England
born Abt 1005.
Aelfgifu Princess of England
born Abt 1015.
Godgifu Princess England
Alfred Athling
Ethelred II the Redeless King of England, Hrh died 23 Apr 1016 at London, Middlesex, England .
Emma Queen of England, Normandy Hrh died 6 Mar 1052 at Winchester, Hants, England .