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Death of Ethelred II the Unready

Name: Death of Ethelred II the Unready – England factsheet records
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England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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978–1016Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

978

Ethelred II the Unready978

Corfe Castle · House / House of Wessex

Death of Edward the Martyr, Ethelreds stepbrother

1016

Ethelred II the UnreadyApril 1016

House / House of Wessex

Dies while fighting the Viking invaders

Names involved

Ethelred II the Unready

Provenance

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