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Name:
Ethelred II "the Unready" of England
 Relationship to William De Meschines
Birth:
ABT 968/969 Wessex, England
Father:
Edgar "the Peaceful" of England
Mother:
Elfrida of Devon
Married:
Elfgifu of Wessex 985
Children:
E England
Born:
Married:
Emma of Normandy 5 APR 1002 Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, Engla
Children:
Edward III Òthe ConfessorÓ of England
Born:
Died: 5 JAN 1065/1066
Married:
Elfgifu of Wessex 985
Children:
Edmund II "Ironside" of England
Born: 989
Died: 30 NOV 1016 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Married:
Emma of Normandy 5 APR 1002 Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, Engla
Children:
Goda of England
Born: ABT 1005 Wessex, England
Died: ABT 1055 Sussex Square, London, England
Death:
23 APR 1016 London, England
Remarks:

King of England, 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 in Normandy by Sweyn ÒForkbeardÓ of Denmark, but returned after SweynÕs death. He died during Canute's invasion of England. His tomb was lost when the old St. Paul's Cathedral was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

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