England, King of England Æthelred II King of

Abt 968 - 1016  (48 years)

• Name	England, Æthelred II King of  [1, 2]
  Title	King of England
  Born	Abt 968	Of, Wessex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Apr 1016	, London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Buried	St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I5629	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	England, King of England Edgar "The Peaceful" King of,   b. 920/21,   d. 946  (Age 25 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	of England, Ælfthryth (Elfrida) Queen,   b. 945,   d. 1000  (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	964	Wessex, England
  Family ID	F2597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	of England, Ælfgifu (Elgiva) Queen,   b. Abt 968, Of, Wessex, England
  Married	Abt 985	Of, Wessex, England   [2]
  Children	1. England, Athelstan Prince of,   b. Abt 986, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 1016, England  (Age 30 years)  [natural]   2. England, Egbert Prince of,   b. Abt 987, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 1005, England  (Age 18 years)  [natural]   3. England, King of England Edmund II "Ironside" King of,   b. Abt 988, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 30 Nov 1016, , London, Middlesex, England  (Age 28 years)  [natural]   4. England, Edred Prince of,   b. Abt 990, Of, Wessex, England  [natural]   5. England, Edwig Prince of,   b. Abt 991, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 1017, England  (Age 26 years)  [natural]   6. England, Edward Prince of,   b. Abt 992, Of, Wessex, England  [natural]   7. England, Edgar Prince of,   b. Abt 994, Of, Wessex, England  [natural]   8. England, Edith Princess of,   b. Abt 995, Of, Wessex, England  [natural]   9. England, Elfgifu Princess of,   b. Abt 997, Wessex, England  [natural]   10. England, Wulfhild Princess of,   b. Abt 998, Of, Wessex, England  [natural]   11. England, QUEEN OF RINGMERE Miss Princess of,   b. Abt 1000, Of, Wessex, England  [natural]   12. England, ABBESS Miss Ethelred of,   b. Abt 1001, Of, Wherewell, Hampshire, England  [natural]
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F2495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Normandy, QUEEN OF ENGLAND Emma Princess of,   b. Abt 982, Of, Normandie ,   d. 6 Mar 1052, , Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1002	Of Normandy, France   [2]
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F2496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 968 - Of, Wessex, England Married - Abt 985 - Of, Wessex, England Married - 1002 - Of Normandy, France Died - 23 Apr 1016 - , London, Middlesex, England Buried - - St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Æthelred's reign was interrupted by Sweyn I (Forkbeard) of Denmark, who seized the English throne in 1013, only to die the following year. He succeeded 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 rather long and ineffective reign, which was notable for little other than the payment of the Danegeld, an attempt to buy off the Viking invaders with money. T he relentless invasions by the Danish Vikings, coupled with their ever-escalating demands for more money, forced him to abandon his throne in 1013. He fled to Normandy for safety, but was later recalled to his old throne at the death of Svein Forkbeard in 1014. He died in London in 1016.

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM). [S1027] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;).