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Aethelred II ( the unready) King of England[1]

Male 968 - 1016  (48 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Aethelred II ( the unready) King of England  
    Birth 19 Mar 968  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 Apr 1016  London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 48 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Cerdic the Saxon (1st King of Wessex) 1,   b. 467, Ancient Saxony, Northern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 534, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  (15 x Great Grandfather) 
    Lady Wulfrith "Redburch" of Wessex, Princess of Denmark, Countess of Cornwall and Devon,   b. Abt 923, Devon, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1000, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)  (Grandmother) 
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    Person ID P3450  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Edgar "The Peaceable" King of Wessex,   b. 7 Aug 0943, Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 0975, Winchester, Hampshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    Other: Wulfthyth  
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ancestors Aelfhyth Ordgar, of Devonshire England,   b. 947, Lydford Castle, Devonshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1000, Wherwell, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 0965  , , Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 21 years and 4 months - She : ~ 18 years. 
    Family ID F1813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Ancestors Emma of Normandy,   b. 985, Normandy, , , France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. March 6, 1052, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Other: Cnut (The Great) (canute) king of England  m. Jul 1017 
    Marriage 1002 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 33 years and 9 months - She : ~ 17 years. 
    Children 
    +1. Edmund II (King Of England),   b. 988, Acceded, St Pauls Cathedral, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    ▻ Ealdgyth Morcarson  m. Aug 1015
     [Father: natural]
     2. Alfred Aetheling De Wessex (maid. name Prince of England, Alfred the Noble),   b. Abt 1002, Wessex, England. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1036, Captured by Earl Godwin then blinded sent to Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
    +3. Goda,   b. 1004, Of, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1055, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    ▻ WALTER SUDELEY  m. 1025;   Walter Dreux de Mantes  m. 1020
     [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
    Married: 1x4. Edward ( KING OF WESSEX) ( THE CONFESSOR),   b. 1004, Islip, Oxfordshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1066, London, Middlesex, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    ▻ Edith of Wessex  m. 23 Jan 1045
     [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
     5. Hathacunt ( King of Denmark and England),   b. 1018   d. Jun 08, 1042, Lambeth London England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
     6. Gunhilda,   b. 1023, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1038, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
    +7. Aethelreda (Princess of England Wessex,   b. 1042, Dunbar, East Lothian, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1075, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=3450