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After Sweyn died in 1014, Æthelred returned to the throne, but he died just two years later. 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.
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 · 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. Many are in collections in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.
5 Απρ 2013 · The notice of Æthelred's death in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle adds that ‘he had held his kingdom with great toil and difficulties as long as his life lasted’; and we learn from later sources that Æthelred was buried with all due honour in the church of St Paul.
5 Μαρ 2022 · In the opening scenes of Vikings: Valhalla, Aethelred, the King of England, ordered the execution of Vikings living in the Danelaw in a seemingly unprovoked move, yet the true story behind his actions was anything but.
Though Saxon rule was briefly restored after Cnut’s death, Aethelred’s legacy was a bitter one. The heinous act of genocide had, far from solving his problems, doomed his kingdom. He died in 1016, trapped in London as Cnut’s victorious forces took his country.
7 Μαρ 2023 · The 13 Anglo-Saxon kings of England saw the new, unified kingdom of England consolidated, fought off invasions, made (and broke) alliances and put down the basis for some of the laws, religious practices and ceremonies of kingship that we still recognise today.
