2018年4月22日 · Æthelred II, Anglo-Saxon king of England, died on 23 April, 1016. His passing was noted in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in an entry that was probably written within a decade of his death: He ended his days on St. George’s day; having held his kingdom in much tribulation and difficulty as long as his life continued.

English Monarch, House of Wessex. He reigned as King of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. The son of King Edgar, he succeeded his half-brother, Edward the Marytr, to the throne at the age of 10 years. During his long reign, Viking invaders routinely plundered the country, and he was forced to pay them off in hope of peace.

Æthelred II (Old English: Æþelræd, [n 1] pronounced [ˈæðelræːd]; Old Norse: Aðalráðr; c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. [1]

2013年4月5日 · In the midst of the Danish invasion, and after a reign of over 38 years, Æthelred, king of the English, died at London on St George's Day (23 April) 1016.

2023年10月12日 · Æthelred is commonly known as "the Unready". This is a modern rendering of the Old English "unræd", meaning badly advised, and is a pun on his name Æthelred, which means "noble advice". Reign of his Half-brother Edward. King Edgar died in July 975, leaving both his sons under age.

Ethelred the Unready (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England) was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from overrunning England.

2023年4月3日 · History has portrayed King Ethelred II, often known as Æthelred the Unready, as a largely incompetent leader whose terrible decision making and drastic mismanagement of the Viking invasions almost bankrupted the country.

2022年4月10日 · Aethelred the Unready was unable to defeat them and was forced to pay repeated Danegeld payments to make them go away. On 13th November, St Brice’s Day, Aethelred ordered the massacre of all Danes living in England.

2022年8月11日 · King Aethelred the Unready was King of England during a turbulent time of consistent Viking threats to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom culminating in the reign of King Cnut.

2024年8月16日 · Aethelred II, also known as Aethelred the Unready, was king of the English from 978-1013 and 1014-1016. His long reign was initially stable, but Viking attacks on England escalated from the 990s onward.