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Æthelred the Unready: Loses His Crown To The Vikings

Æthelred: birth c.968/crowned King of the English 979 and again in 1015 /death 1016 at age 48/spouses, Ælfgifu of York 970-1002 and Emma of Normandy, 1002-1016House: Wessex/Father, King Edgar/Mother, ÆlfthrythChildren: [With Ælfgifu]-Æthelstan, Ecgberht, Edmund Ironside,...

Kings & Queens of England: 1/8: The Saxons Get the Savagery Started is the first in a series of eight videos providing an overview of the lives and the interesting and scandalous stories of the Kings and Queens of England. This video covers the early Anglo Saxon kings and the conquering Viking kings of Denmark up to the Norman conquest of 1066. Kings included are Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Æthelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig, Edgar the Peaceful, Edward the Martyr, Æthelred the Unready, Sweyn Forkbeard, Edmund Ironside, Cnut, Harold Harefoot, Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor.

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Æthelred the Unready: Loses His Crown To The Vikings

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