Person Sheet
NameEmma Of Normandy
Spouses
1King AEthelred “The Redeless” II The Unready Of England, 32G Grandfather
Birthca 968, ?, ?, England
Death23 Apr 1016, London, England
BurialSt. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England
Birth968
Death1016
FatherKing Edgar “The Peaceful” Of England (943-975)
MotherElfrida (Ealfthryth) (945-1000)
Misc. Notes
King, 979-1016
Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld) to the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. He died during Canute’s invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010. His tomb was lost when the old St. Paul’s was destroyed in the great fire of London.
AEthelred II, the Redeless, King of England, 979-1016; b. 968; d. 1016; m. (1) 985, Alfflaed, dau. of Thored. (G. E. Cokayne, “Complete Peerage,” Vol.s I-XII pt. 2, 1910-1959 - IV, 504, IX, 704. Generations 13-31; Oliver J. Thatcher, “A Short History of Mediaeval Europe,” New York, 1897, 321; Samuel R. Gardiner, “A Student’s History of England,” 1899, genealogical tables xxvii-xxxii, 216, 265, 286.)55
Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld) to the enemy. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. He died during Canute’s invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010. His tomb was lost when the old St. Paul’s was destroyed in the great fire of London.
AEthelred II, the Redeless, King of England, 979-1016; b. 968; d. 1016; m. (1) 985, Alfflaed, dau. of Thored. (G. E. Cokayne, “Complete Peerage,” Vol.s I-XII pt. 2, 1910-1959 - IV, 504, IX, 704. Generations 13-31; Oliver J. Thatcher, “A Short History of Mediaeval Europe,” New York, 1897, 321; Samuel R. Gardiner, “A Student’s History of England,” 1899, genealogical tables xxvii-xxxii, 216, 265, 286.)55
Marriage5 Apr 1002