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| Birth: | ABT 968 |
| Death: | 23 APR 1016 in London,England |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Edgar b. 944 |
| Mother: | Aelfthryth b. ABT 945 |
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Aliases:
The Unready
Burial: St Paul's Cathedral,London,England
Acceded: 4 APR 978 in Kingston-upon-Thames,Surrey
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| Elfreda (Wife) b. ABT 963 |
| Status: MARRIED |
| Marriage: ABT 985 1 |
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 Edmund II b. 989 in Wessex,Britain
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BIOGRAPHY: He reigned 979-1013(deposed) and 1014-1016.
In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld) to the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death.
He died during Canutes invasion of England. His tomb was lost when the old St. Paul's was destroyed in the great fire of London.
BIOGRAPHY: Æthelred II, the Unready (978-1016 AD)
He succeeded to the throne after the murder of his half-brother, Edward II, the Martyr, at the age of ten. His reign was plagued by poor advice from his personal favorites and suspicions of his complicity in Edward's murder. His was a rather long and ineffective reign, which was notable for little other than the payment of the Danegeld, an attempt to buy off the Viking invaders with money. The relentless invasions by the Danish Vikings, coupled with their ever-escalating demands for more money, forced him to abandon his throne in 1013. He fled to Normandy for safety, but was later recalled to his old throne at the death of Svein Forkbeard in 1014. He died in London in 1016.
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