_Edmund I* ____________+ | (0921 - 0946) _Eadgar I* ____________| | (0944 - 0975) | | |_Aelfgifu* OF WESSEX __+ | (0924 - 1002) | |--Aethelred II* | (0968 - 1016) | _Ordgar* OF DEVON _____ | | (0922 - 1000) |_Aelfthryth* OF DEVON _| (0945 - 1000) | |_Wulfrith* OF ENGLAND _ (0927 - ....)
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"Unready" is a mistranslation of Old English unræd (meaning bad-counsel)a twist on his name "Æthelred", meaning noble-counsel. A better translation would be ill-advised.
Reigned 979-1013(deposed) and 1014-1016.
In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld) to the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death.
Died during Canutes invasion of England.
Burke says he died 1010. His tomb was lost when the old St Pauls was destroyed in the great fire of London.
Source: Copyright 1994-2005 Brian C Tompsett.
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk
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__ | _Serlonis* DE WESTWICK _| | | | |__ | | |--Isabella** DE WESTWICK | | __ | | |________________________| | |__
_Thomas* MOORE ____________ | (1574 - ....) _Thomas* MOORE ______| | (1613 - 1671) m 1636| | |_Ann* _____________________ | (1578 - ....) | |--Mary MOORE | (1650 - 1723) | _Rev. Christopher* YONGES _+ | | (1565 - 1630) m 1597 |_Martha* YONGES _____| (1613 - 1671) m 1636| |_Margaret* ELIVIN _________+ (1576 - 1630) m 1597
_Boto I* OF BAVARIA _ | _Rettig I* OF BAVARIA _| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Boto II* OF BAVARIA | | _____________________ | | |_______________________| | |_____________________