King Æthelred the Unready

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:King
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Æthelred_the_Unready gptkb:Æthelred_II
gptkbp:birthDate	c. 966
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:Æthelred
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Old_St_Paul's_Cathedral,_London
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Edmund_Ironside gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor gptkb:Edred_Ætheling gptkb:Edwig_Ætheling gptkb:Ælfred_Ætheling gptkb:Edgar_Ætheling
gptkbp:coins	introduced new coin designs
gptkbp:coronationDate	4 April 978
gptkbp:countryRuled	gptkb:England
gptkbp:deathDate	23 April 1016
gptkbp:era	gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:father	gptkb:King_Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:historicalAssessment	often criticized for ineffective rule
gptkbp:house	gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	King Æthelred the Unready
gptkbp:mother	gptkb:Ælfthryth
gptkbp:nameMeaning	'Unready' derives from Old English 'unræd', meaning 'poor counsel' or 'ill-advised'
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:St._Brice's_Day_massacre paying Danegeld Viking invasions during his reign
gptkbp:portrait	depicted in the 13th-century Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Edward_the_Martyr
gptkbp:reignEnd	1013 1016
gptkbp:reignStart	978 1014
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:source	gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle gptkb:Encomium_Emmae_Reginae
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Emma_of_Normandy gptkb:Ælfgifu_of_York
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Edmund_Ironside gptkb:Sweyn_Forkbeard
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:King_Olof_Skötkonung
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6