Emma of Normandy (section Marriage to Æthelred II)
Æthelred from 1002 to 1016, except during a brief interruption in 1013–14 when the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard occupied the English throne. Æthelred died...
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monastery at Prüm. September – King Æthelred I of Northumbria marries Princess Ælfflæd, daughter of King Offa of Mercia, at Catterick. Unrest in Northumbria...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from William II of Normandy)
Denmark drove Æthelred and his family from England. Swein's death in 1014 allowed Æthelred to return home, but Swein's son Cnut contested Æthelred's return....
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Harold Godwinson (redirect from Harold II of England)
invading forces of Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria at the Battle of Fulford near York on 20 September...
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followed by Edward and Alfred, and then by Æthelred. Sweyn died in February 1014, and leading Englishmen invited Æthelred back on the condition that he promised...
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followed. In 1013, London underwent a long siege and Æthelred was forced to flee abroad. Æthelred returned with his ally the Norwegian king Olaf and reclaimed...
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Latin Chronicle Æthelweard claims to descend from King Æthelred, while in Book IV he calls Æthelred his atavus, then uses the same term to describe the relationship...
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al-Khinzir raids the south Italian coast (approximate date). Lord Æthelred of Mercia dies. He is buried in St. Oswald's Priory at Gloucester and is succeeded...
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from Aidan prevents the complete destruction of the settlement. In 676 Æthelred conducted a similar ravaging in Kent and caused such damage in the Rochester...
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brother-in-law Æthelred of (what was left of) Mercia, began a programme of expansion, building forts and towns on an Alfredian model. On Æthelred's death, his...
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English and British royal mistresses (section Henry II)
still survives, describes her as the "royal sister" of Kings Edward and Æthelred, implying that they recognised her legitimacy. Wulfthryth returned to Wilton...
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Saxon army, under the command of Æthelred I, is defeated at Basing. The Danes, led by Halfdan, are victorious; Æthelred is forced to flee and regroup, leaving...
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King (890–902) Æthelwold, Sub-King (902) Guthrum II, King (902–918) Mercia (complete list) – Æthelred II, Lord (c.881–911) Æthelflæd, Lady (911–918) Ælfwynn...
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London Bridge (category William II of England)
of burhs, or it may have been rebuilt around 990 under the Saxon king Æthelred the Unready to hasten his troop movements against Sweyn Forkbeard, father...
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al-Khinzir raids the south Italian coast (approximate date). Lord Æthelred of Mercia dies. He is buried in St. Oswald's Priory at Gloucester and is succeeded...
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the Fat, who for the last time reunites the Frankish Empire. King Æthelred II of Mercia marries Princess Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great. He...
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pillaging it; but are expelled by forces of the Emirate of Córdoba. King Æthelred II of Northumbria is expelled from his kingdom by Rædwulf, who takes the...
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daughter of Æthelred, known as Mucel, an ealdorman of the Gaini). He supports his brother Æthelred I, in his choice to form an alliance with Mercia. King Burgred...
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land for a house of prayer as Weregild for the killing of her brothers Æthelred and Æthelberht. The story is that she was granted as much land as her pet...
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also been instances where they managed to return to power, as did Charles II of England. Examples in chronological order include: Returned to power...
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old Roman walled area, in 886, and appointed his son-in-law Earl Æthelred of Mercia over it as part of their reconquest of the Viking occupied parts of...
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Barking Abbey (category Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham)
Northumbria, and Edwin, Earl of Mercia; Morcar and Edwin's sister, Queen Ealdgyth was the widow of the defeated King Harold II (Godwinson). Queen Maud/Matilda...
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Spellings of this name most common in modern texts are "Ethelred" and "Æthelred" (or "Aethelred"), the latter being closer to the original Old English form Æþelræd...
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Sudeley Castle (category Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Gloucestershire)
house set in a royal deer park, given as an extravagant gift from King Æthelred the Unready to his daughter Goda on her wedding day. Despite William the...
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2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014. A Winter Princess on IMDb "De Magische Wereld van Pardoes (televisieserie) - Eftepedia - alles over de Efteling". www.eftepedia...
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Ward-Jackson 2003, p. 69 Ward-Jackson 2003, p. 324 Ward-Jackson 2003, p. 76 "George II". societe-jersiaise.org. "Jermyn Street Association - History". Archived from...
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K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II, ruler of Palenque Li Jiao, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 713) 645 Æthelred, king of Mercia (approximate date) Ecgfrith...
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of a division of the Great Heathen Army of the Danes, and of Aethelred, ealdorman of Mercia. In this thesis, the trend of appropriating Gothic royal ancestry...
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with support from Offa of Mercia. It is not known whether Beorhtric played a role in the murder. Sweyn Forkbeard Æthelred the Unready 1013 - 1014 In...
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forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians. 939 – The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León...
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