Ethelred the unready biography books
Ethelred the unready biography books
Cnut the great.
Æthelred the Unready
King of England (r. 978–1013, 1014–1016)
"Æthelred II" redirects here. For other uses, see Æthelred II (disambiguation).
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.[1] His epithet comes from the Old English word unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".
Ethelred the unready biography books of the bible
Æthelred was the son of King Edgar and Queen Ælfthryth.[1] He came to the throne at about the age of 12, following the assassination of his elder half-brother, King Edward the Martyr.
The chief characteristic of Æthelred's reign was conflict with the Danes.
After several decades of relative peace, Danish raids on English territory began again in earnest in the 980s, becoming markedly more serious in the early 990s. Following the Battle of Maldon in 991