Æthelred the Unready

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Baronet
gptkbp:battle Battle of Maldon
gptkbp:birthYear 966
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Old_St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Aethelstan
gptkb:Godwin
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Eadwig
gptkb:Ethelstan
gptkb:Aethelred
gptkb:Aethelgifu
Aethelwynn
Eadred
Edgar
gptkbp:deathYear 1016
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Sweyn_Forkbeard
Danish_invasions
gptkbp:father Edmund I
gptkbp:hasAlumni 978
gptkbp:historicalSignificance controversial legacy
last king before the Norman Conquest
influence_on_English_monarchy
impact_on_English_history
symbol_of_Anglo-Saxon_resistance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Æthelred the Unready
gptkbp:isReflectedIn 1014
gptkbp:knownFor marriage alliances
heavy taxation
poor military leadership
attempts_to_unify_England
gptkbp:migration 1013-1014
gptkbp:mother Wulfrun
gptkbp:nickname the Unready
gptkbp:reign political instability
social unrest
internal dissent
cultural changes
Viking invasions
military failures
loss of territory
noble opposition
foreign threats
economic difficulties
966-1016
Late Anglo-Saxon period
difficulties in governance
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Emma_of_Normandy
gptkbp:successor Edmund II
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_the_English