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Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016.
- 18 March 978 – 1013
- Ælfthryth (978–984)
Apr 21, 2016 · This coinage is material evidence of ‘Dane-geld’, money paid to England’s enemies in attempts to forestall Viking invasions of England. Inevitably remembered as ‘the Unready’, Æthelred died exactly 1,000 years ago on 23 April 1016 – 50 years before the Norman Conquest.
Nov 6, 2021 · AllThatsInteresting.com, November 6, 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/aethelred-the-unready. Accessed May 12, 2024. King Aethelred II of England, known as "Aethelred The Unready," was unable to unify the Kingdom of England or fight off Danish invasions during his reign between 978 and 1016.
Apr 3, 2023 · Overview. Articles. Clips. Gallery. On Demand. Who was Ethelred the Unready and What Did He Do? 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.
Æthelred the Unready was king of a divided nation that lived in fear of the ‘divine punishment’ of the Vikings. Piety and prayer became his weapons of choice. Æthelred the Unready. Simon Keynes argues that the reign of the famously incompetent king, who died in London a thousand years ago, is in need of reappraisal.
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Mar 27, 2020 · By: Mark Milligan. Date: March 27, 2020. Biographies Heritage. Æthelred the “Unready” – The Lost King of England. Æthelred II, also dubbed the Unready was King of Saxon England during 978–1013 and 1014–1016. Under his father Kind Edgar, England had experienced a period of peace after the reconquest of the Danelaw in the mid-10th century.
The Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred the Unready (c. 968-1016) ruled the English from 978 to 1016. During his reign England was repeatedly attacked by Danish armies seeking to destroy the sovereignty of the Anglo-Saxons and to plunder their land.
