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Ethelred II
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Ethelred_II
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:King
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Ethelred_the_Unready
gptkbp:birthYear
c. 966
gptkbp:burialPlace
gptkb:Old_St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:child
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Æthelstan
gptkb:Edith
gptkb:Edred
gptkb:Edwig
gptkb:Edgar
gptkb:Edmund
gptkbp:coronationDate
978
gptkbp:deathYear
1016
gptkbp:father
gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:house
gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Ethelred II
gptkbp:mother
gptkb:Ælfthryth
gptkbp:nameMeaning
'Unready' from Old English 'unræd', meaning 'poor counsel' or 'ill-advised'
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:St._Brice's_Day_massacre
Danish invasions
payment of Danegeld
gptkbp:placeOfBirth
gptkb:England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath
gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Edward_the_Martyr
gptkbp:reignEnd
1013
1016
gptkbp:reignStart
978
1014
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:Emma_of_Normandy
gptkb:Ælfgifu_of_York
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Sweyn_Forkbeard
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:English_Monarchy
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6