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Death of Ethelred II the Unready

England · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1012Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1012

Ethelred II the Unready1012

Canterbury · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Archbishop Alphege is killed before the Danes leave England

Ethelred II the Unready1012

Wessex · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Alphege is killed before the Danes leave England despite agreement to pay Danegeld

Names involved

Ethelred II the Unready

Provenance

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