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Aug 13, 2009 · English: Attributed coat of arms of King Ethelred the Unready (who lived before standardized coats of arms came into use) by Matthew Paris.
Apr 19, 2024 · Ethelred the Unready (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England) was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from overrunning England.
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Aug 11, 2022 · King Aethelred the Unready was King of England during a turbulent time of consistent Viking threats to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom culminating in the reign of King Cnut.
Key facts about King Aethelred II The Unready who was born c.968, reigned (978 - 1016) including biography, historical timeline and links to the British royal family tree.
YearEvent978Aethelred, son of Edgar, becomes King of ...980Danes renew their raids on England ...985Sweyn I, Forkbeard, rebels against his ...991Battle of Maldon: Byrhtnoth of Essex is ...Apr 3, 2023 · History has portrayed King Ethelred II, often known as Æthelred the Unready, as a largely incompetent leader whose terrible decision making and drastic mismanagement of the Viking invasions almost bankrupted the country.
Jun 28, 2017 · Known as the Un-raed, 'redeless' or 'Unready' (meaning 'no counsel', or that he was unwise), Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of his subjects. In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes in England to eliminate potential treachery.
Æthelred II (d. 1016), king of England (978–1016). Æthelred Unræd, the ‘Unready’, or more accurately the ‘ill-advised’, lost his kingship 1013–14, when the Danish king, Sweyn Forkbeard, forced him into exile in Normandy, the home of his second wife Emma, whom Æthelred had married in 1002.
