Family/Spouse: Edgar The PEACEFUL. Edgar (son of Edmund I Av ENGLAND) was born in 944 in England; died in 975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: England

Notes:

Ethelred II, called The Unready (c. 968-1016), Anglo-Saxon King of England (978-1016), son of King Edgar and half-brother of Edward the Martyr. His reign was marked by bitter military struggles. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, Duk e of Normandy (reigned about 996-1026), Ethelred married Richard's sister Emma. This marriage provided the basis for the subsequent Norman claim to the English throne. Although Ethelred paid tribute to the plundering Danes, Sweyn I (Forkbeard), Ki ng of Denmark, invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. In 1014 Ethelred fled to Normandy but returned a few months later upon Sweyn's death. Sweyn's son and successor, Canute II, invaded the country a year later and, following Ethelre d's death, became king of England. Ethelred's sobriquet, "The Unready", is a corruption of the Old English unraed, "bad counsel", which is a reference to his misfortunes.1

1"Ethelred II," Microsoft(r) Encarta(r) 99 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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