Cerdicingas, King of Kent Æthelred II^{[1, 2, 3]}

969 - 1016  (47 years)

• Name	Cerdicingas, Æthelred
  Prefix	King of Kent
  Suffix	II
  Nickname	The Unready
  Born	969	of, , Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	B19R-5C
  Acceded	4 Apr 978	Kingston-upon Thames, Surrey, England
  AKA (Facts Page)	From 979 to 1016	Æthelred 'the Unready', King of England
  Died	23 Apr 1016	London, Middlesex, England
  Buried	23 Apr 1016	St. Paul's, London, London, England
  Baptism	21 May 1927
  Title of Nobility	King of England
  Title of Nobility	King of Wessex (968-1016), King of England (4 Apr 978 - 1016)
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  _UID	5462FE0B98087444A12CF35B002EE2B1F389
  _UID	D66285CDEC38304B88BE2B6044536B716D6C
  Person ID	I7854	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Cerdicingas, King of Northumbria Edgar I,   b. 7 Aug 943, Wessex, England ,   d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Devonshire, Queen of Northumbria Ælfthryth,   b. Abt 847,   d. 1000  (Age ~ 153 years)
  Married	956
  Family ID	F3265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Cerdicingas, King of Northumbria Edgar I,   b. 7 Aug 943, Wessex, England ,   d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Cerdicingas, Queen of Wessex Ethelfleda,   b. Abt 945, , , Devonshire, England ,   d. 1000  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	964
  Family ID	F9688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Northumbria, Queen consort of England Ælfgifu,   b. Abt 970, Wessex, Devonshire, England ,   d. Abt 1002, Winchester, London, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 32 years)  [1, 2]
  Married	Abt 985
  _UID	990209A4C2696740AD3E436A80B60A6456B9
  Children	1. Cerdicingas, Edwy,   d. 1017   2. Cerdicingas, Wulfhilda   3. Cerdicingas, King Of England Edred,   b. Abt 924, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 23 Nov 955  (Age ~ 31 years)   4. Cerdicingas, Ætheling Æthelstan,   b. Abt 986, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 1014, England  (Age ~ 28 years)   5. Cerdicingas, Prince Of England Egbert,   b. Abt 987, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 1005, England  (Age ~ 18 years)   6. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Edward,   b. Abt 992, , , Wessex, England   7. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Edgar,   b. Abt 994, , , Wessex, England   8. Cerdicingas, Princess Of England Edith,   b. Abt 995, , , Wessex, England + 9. Cerdicingas, King Of England Edmund II,   b. 996, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 30 Nov 1016, assasinated in, London, London, England  (Age 20 years) + 10. Cerdicingas, Princess Of Wessex Ælfgifu,   b. 16 Apr 997, of, Wessex, , England ,   d. 1017, Mercia, England  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gunnarsson, Queen/England Alfgifu (Aelflaed),   b. Abt 968, of, , Wessex, England   [3]
  Married	Abt 985	Of Wessex, England
  _UID	DB5747313B79484AB4DBB88BEFE23C501F57
  Children	1. Cerdicingas, Ætheling Æthelstan,   b. Abt 986, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 1014, England  (Age ~ 28 years)   2. Cerdicingas, Prince Of England Egbert,   b. Abt 987, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 1005, England  (Age ~ 18 years)   3. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Edred,   b. Abt 990, , , Wessex, England   4. Cerdicingas, Princeof England Edwig,   b. Abt 991, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 1017, (slain by Cnut), , , England  (Age ~ 26 years)   5. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Edward,   b. Abt 992, , , Wessex, England   6. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Edgar,   b. Abt 994, , , Wessex, England   7. Cerdicingas, Princess Of England Edith,   b. Abt 995, , , Wessex, England + 8. Cerdicingas, King Of England Edmund II,   b. 996, , , Wessex, England ,   d. 30 Nov 1016, assasinated in, London, London, England  (Age 20 years) + 9. Cerdicingas, Princess Of Wessex Ælfgifu,   b. 16 Apr 997, of, Wessex, , England ,   d. 1017, Mercia, England  (Age 19 years)   10. Cerdicingas, Princess Of England Wulfhild,   b. Abt 998, , , Wessex, England + 11. Cerdicingas, Queen/Ringmere Athelstan,   b. Abt 1000, of, , Wessex, England   12. Cerdicingas Abbess,   b. Abt 1001, of, Wherewell, Hampshire, England
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F10024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	De Normandie, queen consort of England, Denmark and Norway Emma,   d. 1052  [1, 2]
  Married	1002
  _UID	09F209832D85B44A906736F62823E68D181D
  Children	1. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Ælfred Æþeling,   b. C 1005,   d. 5 Feb 1036/1037  (Age ~ 32 years) + 2. Cerdicingas, King Of England Edward III,   b. 1005, Islip, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 5 Jan 1066, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	De Normandie, Queen of England Emma,   b. Abt 982, , , Normandy, France ,   d. 6 Mar 1052, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 70 years)  [3]
  Married	1002	of Normandy, France
  _UID	B3071D15DF0E7C49A509400385544CC67A1B
  Children	+ 1. Cerdicingas, King Of England Edward III,   b. 1005, Islip, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. 5 Jan 1066, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 61 years)   2. Cerdicingas, Prince of England Ælfred Æþeling,   b. C 1005,   d. 5 Feb 1036/1037  (Age ~ 32 years) + 3. Cerdicingas, Princess Of England Godgifu,   b. Abt 1017, , , Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 1055, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F10025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ethelred II (Old English: Æþelred) (c. 968 - April 23, 1016), known as the Unready, was a King of England (978 - 1013 and 1014 - 1016). 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. This story is, however, almost certainly a fabrication. Ethelred succeeded to the throne aged about 10 following the death of his father King Edgar and subsequent murder of his half-brother Edward the Martyr. His nickname "The Unready" does not mean that he was ill-prepared, but derives from the Anglo-Saxon unræd meaning without counsel. This is also a pun on his name, Æþelræd, which means "Well advised". Ethelred had at least sixteen children from two marriages, the first to Ælfgifu, 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. England had experienced a long period of peace after the reconquest of the Danelaw in the first half of the 10th Century. However in 991 Ethelred was faced with a Viking fleet larger than any since Guthrum's "Summer Army" a century earlier. This fleet was led by Olaf Trygvasson, a Norwegian with ambitions to reclaim his country from under Danish domination. After initial military setbacks including the defeat of his Ealdorman Birhtnoth at the Battle of Maldon, Ethelred was able to come to terms with Olaf, who returned to Norway to gain his kingdom with mixed success. While this arrangement won him some respite England faced further depredations from Viking raids. Ethelred fought these off, but in many cases followed the practice of earlier kings including Alfred the Great in buying them off by payment of what was to become known as Danegeld. Ethelred ordered the massacre of the Danes living in England on St Brice's Day (November 13) 1002, in response to which Sweyn Haraldsson started a series of determined campaigns to conquer England. In this he succeeded, but after his victory, he only lived for another five weeks. In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy, seeking protection by his brother-in-law, Robert of Normandy, when England was over-run by Sweyn Haraldsson of Denmark and his forces. He returned in February, 1014, following the death of Sweyn Haraldsson. Ethelred died on April 23, 1016, in London, where he was buried. He was succeeded by his son, Edmund II of England. Despite the steady stream of viking attacks, Ethelred's reign was far from the disaster described by chroniclers writing well after the event. Ethelred introduced major reforms of the machinery of government in Anglo-Saxon England, and is responsible for the introduction of Shire Reeves or Sheriffs. The quality of the coinage, always a good indicator of the prevailing economic conditions, remained very high during his reign. !Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2 Anglo-Saxon King of England from 978-1016. The fact that he was called "the Unready" does not imply that he lacked energy or resource, but is a corruption of the Old English unraed, "bad Councel", which is in reference to his misfortunes, or that he lacked counsel. Indeed, throughout his reign he displayed considerable vigor but it was generally misdirected. For he was impulsive, passionate, cruel, apt to lean on favorites and guided by motives of temporary expediency. Ethelred's reign was marked by bitter military struggles. A worthless favorite, named Aethelsine, appears to have exercised considerable influence over the young King and to have led him to commit and to sanction many acts of oppression. After negotiating a treaty with Richard II, duke of Normandy (d. 1026), Ethelred married Richard's sister Emma (d. 1052). This marriage provided the basis for the subsequent Norman claim to the English throne. Although Ethelred paid tribute to the plundering Danes, Sweyn I (the Forkbeard), King of Denmark, invaded England in 1013 and proclaimed himself king. The invasion of the Danes became more pronounced during Aethelred's reign, and he was obliged to bribe the Danes. 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 Ethelred's death, became king of England. Aethelred also required that each shire in England should contribute to the fleet of the realm for the purpose of holding off the invaders. This act established a precedent among the English Kings. FamilySearch showed this additional information: Birth - Date: 968 Place: Wessex, England PREFIX: Also shown as King Of England BIRTH: Also shown as Born C 966 DEATH: Also shown as Died London, England. BURIAL: Also shown as Buried St. Paul's.

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] GEDCOM File : GED royal92.ged, Denis R. Reid, 20 Nov 1992. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative. [S353] Adam gedcom from AQ (Reliability: 0).