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	Ethelred II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesy that the English monarchy would be overthrown during Ethelred's reign.
		Ethelred had at least sixteen children from two marriages, the first to Aelgiful/Ælgifu, the daughter of Thored, the ealdorman of Northumbria and the second, in 1002, to Emma of Normandy, whose grandnephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne.
		Ethelred introduced major reforms to the machinery of government in Anglo-Saxon England, and is responsible for the introduction of Shire Reeves or Sheriffs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethelred_II_of_England (525 words)

	Ethelred II of England
		Ethelred II(Old English: Æþelred), known as the Unready (968-1013 and 1014-1016), was a King of England.
		According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesize that the English monarchy would be overthrown during Ethelred's reign.
		Ethelred had at least sixteen children from two marriages, the second of these, in 1002, being to Emma of Normandy, whose great-nephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/et/Ethelred_the_Unready.html (263 words)

	Ethelred II - Wikipedia
		Ethelred II (Oud-Engels: Æþelred) (968-1016) was van 978 tot 1013 en van 1014 tot 1016 koning van Engeland.
		Ethelred kwam op tienjarige leeftijd op de troon als opvolger van zijn overleden vader Edgar en zijn daarna vermoorde halfbroer Edward de Martelaar.
		In het Engels is zijn bijnaam the Unready, wat in dit geval zonder raad betekent.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethelred_II (264 words)

	Ethelred II av England - Wikipedia
		Ethelred hadde dermed kjøpt tid, men det kom flere vikingraid.
		I 1002 beordret Ethelred en massakre av danene som levde i England på St. Brices dag, den 13.
		Ethelred reformerte styreformen i det angelsaksiske England, og sto blant annet bak innføring av sheriffembetet.
	no.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethelred_II_av_England (423 words)

	AETHELRED II. THE UNREADY - LoveToKnow Article on AETHELRED II. THE UNREADY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the Easter of this year /Ethelred died, perhaps of wounds received in the wars against the Danes, and was buried at Wimborne.
		Olaf also visited ^Ethelred at the latter's request and, receiving a most honorable welcome, was induced to promise that he would never again come to England with hostile intent, an engagement which he faithfully kept.
		The Danish attacks were repeated in 997, 998, 999, and in ioooy95thelred availed himself of the temporary absence of the Danes in Normandy to invade Cumberland, at that time a Viking stronghold.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AE/AETHELRED_II_THE_UNREADY.htm (1399 words)

	Kingdom of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sweyn was proclaimed King of England in opposittion to Ethelred II in 1013.
		Edward II was father to Edward III of England, whose claim to the throne of France resulted in the Hundred Years' War (1337 - 1453).
		Exiled claimant Charles II of England was recalled to the throne in 1660 in the English Restoration.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kingdom_of_England (1404 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Es-Ez) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ethelbert II was a son of Wihtred and king of the Heptarchy in 748.
		Ethelred II (Ethelred the Unready) was a son of Edgar and succeeded Edward the Martyr as King of England from 978 to 1016.
		Ethelred's reign was plagued by his murdered brother becoming a posthumous rallying point for political unrest; a hostile Church transformed Edward into a royal martyr.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C44.HTM (1859 words)

	Ethelred II of England -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ethelred fought these off, but in many cases followed the practice of earlier kings including (King of Wessex; defeated the Danes and encouraged writing in English (849-899)) Alfred the Great in buying them off by payment of what was to become known as (Click link for more info and facts about Danegeld) Danegeld.
		Ethelred died on April 23, 1016, in (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London, where he was buried.
		Ethelred introduced major reforms of the machinery of government in Anglo-Saxon England, and is responsible for the introduction of Shire Reeves or (The principal law-enforcement officer in a county) Sheriffs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/et/ethelred_ii_of_england1.htm (672 words)

	Ethelred II av England - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin
		Ethelred tillträdde tronen i tioårsåldern efter faderns, kung Edgars död och det följande mordet på halvbrodern Edvard Martyren.
		Ethelred stod dock 991 inför den största vikingaflotta sedan Guthrums "sommararmé" ett århundrade tidigare.
		Ethelred beordrade en massaker på danskar bosatta i England 13 november 1002, vilket ledde till att Sven Tveskägg inledde en serie fälttåg för att erövra England, något han lyckades med.
	sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethelred_II_av_England (434 words)

	Edmund II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born to King Ethelred II and Aelfgifu Gunnarsson, Edmund married Agatha Morcarson, daughter of Morcar of Northumbria and Ealdgyth, in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, sometime in August 1015.
		Upon the death of Ethelred II, who had earlier been stricken ill, on April 23, 1016, with little support from the Londinian nobility, Edmund succeeded to the throne.
		On November 30, 1016, King Edmund II died of natural causes in Oxford or London, and his territories were ceded to Canute who then became king of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edmund_II_of_England (333 words)

	33rd Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King Ethelred of Wessex II "The Unready" was born circa 968 in Wessex, England and married 1002 in Wessex, England.
		BIOGRAPHY: Ethelred II was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016.
		The first wife of Ethelred "the Unready" (from Unraed meaning "bad or evil counsel"), her parentage is disputed and she disappears from the record early in his long conflict with the Danes which resulted in the overthrow of Ethelred for Sweyn in 1013, and his subsequent brief return to control 1014-1016.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /gneville/aqwg50.htm (1904 words)

	Ethelred
		ETHELRED (THE UNREADY) Ethelred (The Unready) (Married) Emma of Normandy:
		The son of King Edgar (ruled 959-975), Ethelred ascended the throne upon the assassination of his half brother King Edward the Martyr in March 978.
		Ethelred was succeeded by his son Edmund II Ironside (ruled 1016); one of his other sons ruled England as Edward the Confessor from 1042 to 1066.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /mikepymm/ethelred.htm (262 words)

	TREEFIC Demo: Royal Families AD 534 - 1992: Timeline 1000 to 1200 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Edward the Confessor born to Emma of Normandy and Ethelred II the Unready at Islip,Oxfordshire,England.
		Emma of Normandy married Ethelred II the Unready.
		Alexander II born to Ermengarde and Willaim I the Lion.
	treefic.com /treefic/royal92?a=timeline (885 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ethelred II of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Image of Ethelred II with an oversize sword from the illuminated manuscript The Chronicle of Abingdon This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright.
		Events Births Emperor Kazan of Japan Ethelred II of England Romanus Argyrus, later Romanus III of the Eastern Roman Empire.
		William I (1028 â€“ 9 September 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087, and as Guillaume II was Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ethelred-II-of-England (1912 words)

	Ethelred II -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He held his own against a peasant insurrection, helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy, and repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred II the Unready.
		Mohammad II (Mehmed the Conqueror) (1432–81), Ottoman sultan, born in Adrianople (now Edirne); during rule (1444–46 and 1451–81), captured Constantinople and thus completed the Ottoman destruction of the Byzantine Empire; fourth son of Murad II; restored and repopulated Constantinople after capture in 1453; reorganized Ottoman administration, codified laws, encouraged scholarship...
		Bhaskara II was born in 1114 in Biddur, India.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033120?tocId=9033120 (853 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Ethelred II
		Ethelred, the younger son of Edgar, became king at the age of seven following the murder of his half-brother Edward II in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by Edward's own supporters.
		For the rest of Ethelred's rule (reigned 978-1016), his brother became a posthumous rallying point for political unrest; a hostile Church transformed Edward into a royal martyr.
		Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014, but died himself in 1016.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page32.asp (250 words)

	Ethelred II d'Angleterre - Wikipédia
		Ethelred II (968 – 23 avril 1016), connu sous le sobriquet de le Malavisé (son surnom vieil-anglais, « Unræd », signifie « mal conseillé », « sans conseil », et non pas « mal préparé », comme le laisserait supposer la forme anglaise moderne de ce surnom, the Unready), a été deux fois roi d'Angleterre(978-1013 et 1014-1016).
		Le règne d'Ethelred II est marqué par le renouveau des invasions viking : en 991, l'armée anglaise est écrasée à la bataille de Maldon et Ethelred est forcé de verser aux Danois un lourd tribut annuel.
		Selon William de Malmesbury, Ethelred déféqua dans les fonts bâptismaux étant enfant, ce qui amena saint Dunstan à prophétiser la chute de la monarchie anglaise sous le règne d'Ethelred.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ethelred_II_d%27Angleterre (330 words)

	Ethelred II of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ethelred II the Unready Rank:15thRuled:March 18, 978-December 25, 1013 and February 2, 1014-April 23, 1016Predecessor:Edward the MartyrDate of Birth:968Place of Birth:WessexWives:Elgiva[?] and EmmaBuried:Old Saint Paul's Cathedral[?]Date of Death:April 23, 1016Parents:Edgar and Elfrida[?]Ethelred II(Old English: Æþelred), known as the Unready (968-1013 and 1014-1016), was a King of England.
		He was succeeded by his son, II of England">Edmund II of England.
		In the two anxious days that followed, Libby and Grace were she went to him for help and suggestion, and he gave them, as if.
	www.termsdefined.net /et/ethelred-ii-of-england.html (348 words)

	Ethelred Home > Member Center > Ethelred. Web Of Trust Annies. 2. Shadopoet. Ethelred Is Trusted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ethelred, the son of King Edgar and Elfryth, was born in 968.
		Ethelred 'The Unready' was King of the English from 978 to 1016 which means 'lack of council'.
		Ethelred II also spelled Aethelred, byname Ethelred The Unready, or Aethelred Unraed king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016.
	www.99hosted.com /names18804.html (377 words)

	Ashendon - Ancient
		About the year 872, the Danes suffered a most severe defeat here by an army led by King Ethelred and Alfred his brother, who afterwards threw up entrenchments and earth-forts around it, and so for some years prevented a recurrence of the evil [view poem by J. Neale].
		In the year 1016, however, Eadnoth or Adnoth, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), formerly a Prior or Abbot of Ramsay, was slain in a battle with the Danes.
		The pulpit with its raised panels, the altar table, a high chair in the chancel, and a long oak chest are all Jacobean, and in the vestry is a carved stand at which parsons have washed their hands for 300 years.
	www.ashendon-bucks.co.uk /ancient/main.html (866 words)

	Ethelred II de Inglaterra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ethelred tuvo éxito al trono envejecido cerca de 10 que seguían la muerte de su rey Edgar y asesinato subsecuente del padre de su hemanastro Edward el martyr.
		Ethelred tenía por lo menos dieciséis niños a partir de dos matrimonios, los primeros al Ælfgifu, la hija de Thored, el ealdorman de Northumbria y el segundo, en 1002, a Emma de Normandía, que grande-sobrino, Guillermo I de Inglaterra, utilizaría más adelante esta relación como la base de su demanda en el trono.
		Ethelred pidió el massacre de los daneses que vivían en Inglaterra el el día del St Brice (de noviembre 13) el 1002, en respuesta a el cual Sweyn Haraldsson comenzó una serie de campañas resueltas para conquistar Inglaterra.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/et/Ethelred%20II%20de%20Inglaterra.htm (558 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Two. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		of Russia died at the age of fifteen, and he was a disgrace to the name of Menschikoff; Pietro II.
		de Medicis was forced to abdicate, and died of shipwreck; James II.
		of Scotland was shot by a cannon at the siege of Roxburgh; James II.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/16884.html (352 words)

	First Millennium Coin, Silver Penny of Ethelred II
		Ethelred II is famously known as "the unready".
		Ethelred reigned from 978 to 1016, and was one of the last Anglo Saxon kings.
		Although about 40 million Ethelred silver pennies were minted, mainly to pay the infamous "Danegeld", they are rare today.
	www.24carat.co.uk /reprocoinethelrediipenny.html (290 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		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.
		He fled to Normandy for safety, but was later recalled to his old throne at the death of Svein Forkbeard in 1014.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon14.html (114 words)

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