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• Also Known As : Ethelred II, The Unready
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 978, following the murder of his half-brother, Edward the Martyr. He was son of King Edgar. Aethelred tried to buy off the Danish raiders by paying Danegeld. In 1002 he ordered the massacre of the Danish settlers, provoking an invasion by Sweyn I of Denmark.In 1013 King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark landed in England and was proclaimed king. Aethelred II the Unready fled to Normandy but was recalled in 1014 on the death of Sweyn. War with Sweyn's son, Canute, occupied the rest of Aethelred's reign. His nickname is a corruption of the Old English 'unreed', meaning badly counselled or poorly advised.
• To Lady Kathleen: 26 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 979 to 1013; King of England
• Occupation: 1014 to 1016; King of England (2nd Time)

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Occupation:
In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes to the enemy named Danegeld. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death.

Died:
Died during Canutes invasion of England.

Buried:
His tomb was lost when the old St Pauls was destroyed in the great fire of London.

Aethelred married Queen Consort of England Emma, of Normandy on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Emma (daughter of Duke of Normandy Richard, I and Gunnor, of Crepon) was born in 986 in Normandy, France; died on 14 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Princess of Kent Godgifu was born in 985; died in 1055.
2. King of England, Saint Edward, III, the Confessor was born in 1002; died on 5 Jan 1066 in Winchester Cathedral, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
3. Alfred Aetheling died in 1036.

Aethelred married Queen Consort of England Elfreda in 985. Elfreda (daughter of Duke of Northumbria Thordau Gunnarson and Hilda) was born in 970; died in Feb 1002 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aelgifu, of England
2. King of England Edmund, II, Ironside was born in 989; died on 30 Nov 1016 in Battle of Assandun, , England, United Kingdom.
3. Aethelstan Aetheling was born in 980; died on 25 Jun 1014.
4. Ecgberht Aetheling died in 1005.
5. Eadred Aetheling died in 1012.
6. Eadwig Aetheling died in 1017.
7. Edgar Aetheling died in 1008.
8. Princess of England Edith
9. Princess of England Wulfhilda
10. Abbess of Wherwell Aefthryth

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• Also Known As : Edgar, The Peaceful
• Stories and Notes: King of all England from 959. He was the younger son of Edmund I, and strove successfully to unite English and Danes as fellow subjects. In 973 Edgar of England marched his army north to Chester. His navy meets him there via the Irish Sea. This show of strength persuades the Northern Kings to submit to his overlordship. Legend says he is rowed across the Dee by Kings Kenneth of Alba, Malcolm of the Cumbrians, Magnus of Man & the Isles, Donald of Strathclyde, Iago of Gwynedd, Princes Hywel of Gwynedd, Ithel and Siferth . He recalled St. Dunstan from exile and made him Archbishop of Canterbury and his closest personal advisor. His reign was prosperous and peaceful and he is generally credited with the revival of the English church.
• To Lady Kathleen: 27 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 957; King of Mercia
• Occupation: 957; King of Northumbria
• Occupation: 959 to 975; King of England

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Occupation:
The first King of a united England, which means Mercia, Northumbria and England. He allowed his Danish subjects to retain Danish laws. Edgar promoted a monastic revival and encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defence by organ ising coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships. Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was not crowned until 973 because St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disaproved of his way of life.

Edgar married Queen Consort of England Aelfthryth in 964. Aelfthryth (daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar Devon) was born in 945; died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Elfrida
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
• Occupation: 986; She became a nun

Notes:

She was linked to the murder of her stepson King Edward the Martyr and appeared as a stereotypical bad queen and evil stepmother in many medieval histories.

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• Also Known As : The Elder
• Stories and Notes: King of England 939–46. The son of Edward the Elder, he succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, as king in 939. He succeeded in regaining control of Mercia, which on his accession had fallen to the Norse inhabitants of Northumbria, and of the Five Boroughs, an independent confederation within the Danelaw. He then moved on to subdue the Norsemen in Cumbria and finally extended his rule as far as southern Scotland. As well as uniting England, he bolstered his authority by allowing St Dunstan to reform the Benedictine order. He was killed in 946 at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, by an outlawed robber.
• To Lady Kathleen: 28 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 939-946; King of England

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Occupation:
He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.

Died:
Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustine

Edmund married Saint Aelfgifu, of Shaftesbury. Aelfgifu (daughter of Wynflaed) died in 944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Elgiva
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Occupation: Ealdorman of Devon
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : Edward, The Elder
• Occupation: King of Wessex
• Stories and Notes: King of the West Saxons. He succeeded his father Alfred the Great in 899. He reconquered southeast England and the Midlands from the Danes, uniting Wessex and Mercia with the help of his sister Aethelflaed. By the time of his death his kingdom was the most powerful in the British Isles. He was succeeded by his son Athelstan. Edward extended the system of burghal defence begun by Alfred, building new burhs, for example at Hertford and Buckingham, and twin burghs at Bedford and Stamford
• To Lady Kathleen: 28 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 899 to 924; King of England

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Occupation:
He defeated the Danes (918), taking East Anglia, and also conquered Mercia (918) and Northumbria (920).

Edward married Eadgifu, of Kent in 919. Eadgifu (daughter of Ealdorman of Kent Sigehelm) died on 25 Aug 968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Edgiva
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent