Georgia Family Ties: Mock, Overstreet, Roberts

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  • ID: I538
  • Name: , AETHELRED II, the Unready of Kent King of England
  • Reference Number: 538
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: ABT 0968
  • Death: 23 APR 1016 in London England
  • Burial: St. Pauls' Cathedral His tomb was lost when old St. Pauls was destroyed in the great fire of London.
  • Note: ETHELRED II 'THE UNREADY' (r. 979-1013 and 1014-1016) Ethelred,the younger son of Edgar, became king at the age of sevenfollowing the murder of his half-brother Edward II in 978 atCorfe Castle, Dorset, by Edward's own supporters. For the restof Ethelred's rule (reigned 978-1016), his brother became aposthumous rallying point for political unrest; a hostile Churchtransformed Edward into a royal martyr. Known as the Un-raed or'Unready' (meaning 'no counsel', or that he was unwise),Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of hissubjects. In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes inEngland to eliminate potential treachery. Not being an ablesoldier, Ethelred defended the country against increasinglyrapacious Viking raids from the 980s onwards by diplomaticalliance with the duke of Normandy in 991 (he later married theduke's daughter Emma) and by buying off renewed attacks by theDanes with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. TheAnglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1006 was dismissive: 'in spite of itall, the Danish army went about as it pleased'. By 1012, 48,000pounds of silver was being paid in Danegeld to Danes camped inLondon. In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy when the powerfulViking Sweyn of Denmark dispossessed him. Ethelred returned torule after Sweyn's death in 1014, but died himself in 1016King"BAD COUNSEL' he was called the 'unready' because he refusedto take advice. Reigned: 979-1013 deposed the 1014-16. In theface of Danish raids he was forced to pay huge tributes(Dangeld) to the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn butreturned after Swyn's death. Died during Canutes invasion ofEngland. Bourke says he died 1010.
  • Change Date: 14 NOV 2008



    Father: , EDGAR the Peaceful King of England b: 0944
    Mother: , AELFTHRYTH (Elfrida) b: ABT 0945 in Lydoford Castle, Devon

    Marriage 1 , EMMA of Normandy b: 0986
    • Married: 5 APR 1002 in WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL LONDON
    Children
    1. Has Children Godgifu (Goda) ATHELING b: ABT 1009
    2. Has No Children Alfred ATHELING b: BEF 1012
    3. Has No Children , EDWARD III the 'Confessor' King of England b: 1004

    Marriage 2 , ELFREDA (AElfgifu) b: ABT 0963
    • Married: ABT 0985
    Children
    1. Has No Children , ATHELSTAN b: ABT 0986
    2. Has Children , EDMUND II 'Ironside' King of England b: 0989
    3. Has Children , EDITH
    4. Has No Children ,WULFHILDA
    5. Has Children , AELFGIFU
    6. Has No Children daughter ATHELING
    7. Has No Children , EDRIC
    8. Has No Children , ECGBERT
    9. Has No Children , EDWY
    10. Has No Children , EDWARD
    11. Has No Children Abbess of Wherewell ATHELING
    12. Has No Children , EDRED
    13. Has No Children , EDGAR

    Marriage 3 , AETHELGIFE
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