968 - 1016 (48 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Æthelred II "the Unrede", King of England was born in 968 in England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, England; was buried in St.Paul's Cathedral, London, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: birth to death
- Reign: From 979 to 1016; King of England
Notes:
Name:
History:
The name Æthelred means "noble council", but a cynical 13th century pun suggested his name should have been "evil council" or "unrede" because he said to have participated in a plot to murder his half brother St. Edward the Martyr. However, he was only about 10 years old at the time, and it is difficult to imagine how a child could have been a participant in such a heinous crime. Regardless, Æthelred's name "the Unrede" stuck. The name "the Unready" was coined centuries later and is mistaken.
On 14 April 979, he became the King of England.
Æthelred may have married to Ælthelgife, a daughter of Egbert who is not shown in all genealogies.
In 1013, he was temporarily deposed by King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark, who was never actually crowned King of England. When Sweyn died on February 3, 1014, the Witan recalled Æthelred who then reigned until his death.
Buried:
When St. Paul's was destroyed by the Great London Fire in 1666, and rebuilt, his tomb was lost.
Æthelred married Ælfgifu in 985 in England. Ælfgifu (daughter of Thored of Northumbria) was born about 968 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Æthelred married Emma of Normandy on 5 Apr 1002. Emma (daughter of Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy and Gunnor of Crêpon) was born about 986; died on 14 Mar 1052. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
4. | Edmund "Ironside", King of England (1.Æthelred1) was born on 988 to 996 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 30 Nov 1016 in London, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reign: From 1016 to 1016; King of England
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History:
In April 1016, he became the King of England.
Canute invaded England, fought, and eventually negotiated with Edmund Ironside. They agreed that Edmund was to rule Wessex and Canute was to rule the rest of England. [see picture below] However, Edmund Ironside died shortly thereafter leaving Canute as sole ruler of England. Some sources claim he was murdered at the instigation of his brother-in-law Eadric, possibly while using the privy.
Edmund married Ealgyth of Northumbria in Aug 1015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 17. Edward the Atheling was born in 1016 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 1057 in London, England.
- 18. Edmund
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6. | Edwy (1.Æthelred1) died in 1017. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: He was also known as Eadwig.
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8. | Edith (1.Æthelred1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: Abt 1008; (1) Eadric Streona, Ealdorman of Mercia.
- Married: say 1020; (2) Thurkil "the Tall" Havi.
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10. | Wulfhilda (1.Æthelred1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: say 1020; (1) Ulfcytel Snylling, Ealdorman of East Anglia.
- Married: say 1030; (2) Thurchil, Earl of East Anglia.
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11. | daughter (1.Æthelred1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: Æthelstan. [Æthelstan, married daughter] He was killed in 1010.
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13. | Edric (1.Æthelred1) Other Events and Attributes:
- History: He may or may not have existed.
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14. | Edward "the Confessor", King of England (1.Æthelred1) was born about 1005; died in 1066 in England. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: In 1042, he was crowned King of England
- Married: Edith, the daughter of Godwin, Ealdorman of Wessex and Gytha. He was crowned King of England in 1042 at England.3 He died in 1066 in England at age 61 years.1,3. [Edith, married Edward the Confessor, King of England] She died in 1075. They had no children.
- Reign: From 1042 to 1066; King of England
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15. | Alfred (1.Æthelred1) died on 5 Feb 1037 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. |
16. | Godgifu, Princess of England (1.Æthelred1) was born about 1010 in England; died in by 1049. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Her name was also spelt Goda.
- Last Full Review: 9 Dec 2020
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Godgifu married Drogo of Mantes, Count of Valois, Amiens, and Vexin on 7 Apr 1024. Drogo (son of Walter II the White, Count of Amiens, Valois, and the Vexin and Adele) was born in 996; died in 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Godgifu married Eustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and Lens after 1035. Eustace (son of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne and Matilda of Louvain) was born about 1020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1093. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
18. | Edmund (4.Edmund2, 1.Æthelred1) Other Events and Attributes:
- History: He appears to have either died young in England or in exile in Hungary.
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Generation: 4
24. | Saint Margaret of Scotland (17.Edward3, 4.Edmund2, 1.Æthelred1) was born in 1045 in Hungary; died on 16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in say 18 Nov 1093 in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Travel: 1057
- Travel: 1066
- Canonized: 1250; St. Margaret was canonized 1250 and her feast day is November 16th,
Notes:
Name:
There is much debate about the ancestry of Agatha, the mother of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland. The dynastic usurpation and post-invasion trauma of 1066 dictated that St. Margaret's maternal origins were of secondary importance to the English Chroniclers until the marriage of her daughter, Edith-Matilda, to Henry I in 1100. There are two basic solutions, Slavic or Salian. Humphreys (2003) leans towards the Slavic, however I have followed the Salian. Moore (2019) has proved the Salian.
Travel:
She moved to the court of Edward the Confessor.
Travel:
After the defeat of Harold Godwinson in 1066, she again went into exile in Scotland.
Margaret married Malcolm III "Canmore", King of the Scots in 1068 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Malcolm (son of Duncan I MacCrinan, King of the Scots and Suthen) was born in 1031 in Scotland; died on 13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 32. Edgar, King of the Scots was born about 1074; died in 1107.
- 33. Alexander I, King of the Scots was born in 1077; died in 1124.
- 34. Matilda of Scotland was born in 1078 in Scotland; died on 1 May 1118.
- 35. David I "the Saint", King of the Scots was born about 1080 in Scotland; died on 24 May 1154 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Scotland; was buried in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.
- 36. Mary, Princess of Scotland died on 31 May 1116; was buried in Bermondsey Abbey, Southwark, London, England.
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25. | Eadgar the Athling (17.Edward3, 4.Edmund2, 1.Æthelred1) was born about 1048; died in 1126 in England. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: In 1069, Edgar joined Gospatric, the Earl of Northumberland, in his revolt against William. At the revolt's defeat, he fled to Scotland. Later he went to France, where he became the confidant of Duke Robert, the Conqueror's son. In 1198, he joined Duke Robert on the First Crusade. Later Henry I took him prisoner at Tinchebrai, and gave him an estate in England where he lived in obscurity.
Family/Spouse: daughter of Maldred. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 37. Mathilda was born about 1075; died on 1142 - 1144.
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27. | Gospatric I, Earl of Dunbar and Northumberland (19.Ealdgyth3, 9.Alfgifu2, 1.Æthelred1) was born in 1040 in Scotland; died in 1074/75 in Scotland. Notes:
History:
He was also the Lord of Carlisle and Allerdale.
In 1061, he visited Rome.
In 1067, he was created the Earl of Northumbria by King William I.
In 1071, he joined the Northern Revolt against William I, resulting in his being deprived of his Earldom in 1072. He then fled to Scotland.
In 1072, he was created the 1st Earl of Dunbar.
Family/Spouse: sister of Edmund. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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29. | Alstan (19.Ealdgyth3, 9.Alfgifu2, 1.Æthelred1) died in 1184. Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: unknown wife.
1. Edmund
2. Scot
3. Maldred, Lord of Redesdale
4. Cibernus
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