Ruler · 968 – 1016

Æthelred the Unready

Lived 968 – 1016; monarch. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 978 – 1013 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 968 – 1016; 48 years
In office: 37 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Kingdom of England
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 8th and 10th of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

4 before

Eadwig955 – 959

Edgar, King of England959 – 975

Edward the Martyr975 – 978

Æthelred the Unready978 – 1013

Swein Forkbeard1013 – 1014

Æthelred the Unready1014 – 1016

Edmund Ironside1016

Cnut the Great1016 – 1035

Harold Harefoot1037 – 1040

40 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 978 – 1013 · 35 years · came to it aged 11 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1013; they died in 1016

Reigned 1014 – 1016 · 2 years · came to it aged 47 · term 2 of 2

Left it: died in officeWikidata's end cause on the term: death in office

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