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Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, [n 1] 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. [1]
20 Σεπ 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.
21 Απρ 2016 · Inevitably remembered as ‘the Unready’, Æthelred died exactly 1,000 years ago on 23 April 1016 – 50 years before the Norman Conquest. The same date in April is recorded as the day of the death of William Shakespeare (in 1616) and also celebrated each year as St George’s Day.
5 Απρ 2013 · In the midst of the Danish invasion, and after a reign of over 38 years, Æthelred, king of the English, died at London on St George's Day (23 April) 1016.
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.
28 Ιουν 2017 · Ethelred (or Aethelred), the younger son of Edgar, became king at the age of seven following the murder of his half-brother Edward II in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by Ethelred's retainers.
3 Απρ 2023 · Ethelred himself died on St George’s Day, 23 April 1016. His son and heir, Edmund II Ironside, succeeded him, but died shortly after, leaving Canute to claim the English throne. Ethelred was buried at the old St Paul’s Cathedral, but both the tomb and the cathedral were lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
