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Saint Æthelred the Unready
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Saint_Æthelred_the_Unready
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:King
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Æthelred_the_Unready
gptkb:Æthelred_II
gptkbp:birthDate
c. 966
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:England
gptkbp:burialPlace
gptkb:Old_St_Paul's_Cathedral
gptkbp:child
gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Edred_Ætheling
gptkb:Edwig_Ætheling
gptkb:Ælfred_Ætheling
gptkb:Edgar_Ætheling
gptkbp:coronationDate
Kingston upon Thames
4 April 978
gptkbp:deathDate
23 April 1016
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:father
gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkbp:house
gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Saint 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: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:title
gptkb:King_of_the_English
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Early_Medieval_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5