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Æthelred's 37-year combined reign was the longest of any Anglo-Saxon English king and was only surpassed in the 13th century, by Henry III. Æthelred was briefly succeeded by his son Edmund Ironside, but Edmund died after a few months and was replaced by Sweyn's son Cnut.
20 Σεπ 2024 · Ethelred the Unready 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. The epithet “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns on his name, which means.
21 Απρ 2016 · A silver penny struck more than ten centuries ago (on display in the Fitzwilliam Museum) shows Æthelred, King of the English. The obverse shows the king in profile and the reverse a Christian cross. Thousands of similar coins have survived.
12 Οκτ 2023 · Explore genealogy for Æthelred (Wessex) of England born abt. 966 Wessex, England died 1016 London, England including ancestors + descendants + 2 photos + 6 genealogist comments + questions + more in the free family tree community.
3 Απρ 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.
5 Μαΐ 2012 · Information. Ancient Laws and Institutes of England. Comprising Laws Enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Aethelbirht to Cnut. , pp. 280 - 351. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177405.012. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2012. First published in: 1840. Access options.
28 Οκτ 2022 · Abstract. This article explains why Æthelflaed, ruler of Mercia, mattered to writers of history in twelfth-century England. It argues that these writers evaluated and compared rulers based not on sex or bloodline, but on the quality of a ruler’s achievements relative to the set and scale of challenges the ruler faced.
