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Æthelred II the Unready

d. 1016

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Died
1016

Family

About

Aethelred the Unready gave his name to an age of Danish invasion and the disastrous policy of buying the raiders off with Danegeld.

Research notes

AETHELRED II 'the Unready', King of the English (c.966-1016); son of Edgar; father of Edmund Ironside (our line). Direct ancestor.

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