Æthelred the Unready

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Æthelred_II
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:England
gptkbp:birthYear c. 966
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Old_St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:child gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Ælfred_Ætheling
gptkb:Edred
gptkb:Edwig
gptkb:Godgifu
gptkb:Edgar
gptkb:Edmund
gptkbp:coronationDate April 978
gptkbp:countryRuled gptkb:England
gptkbp:deathYear 1016
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:London
gptkbp:era gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:Encomium_Emmae_Reginae
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Æthelred the Unready
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Ælfthryth
gptkbp:nameMeaning poorly advised
gptkbp:nickname the Unready
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Danelaw_tribute_payments
gptkb:St._Brice's_Day_massacre
gptkb:Viking_invasions
gptkbp:notableFor ineffective rule
losing England to Danish conquest
paying Danegeld
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edward_the_Martyr
gptkbp:reignEnd 1013
1016
gptkbp:reignStart 978
1014
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cnut_the_Great
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Sweyn_Forkbeard
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Emma_of_Normandy
gptkb:Ælfgifu_of_York
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Sweyn_Forkbeard
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:King_of_the_English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4