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Aethelred the Unready

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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Aethelred the Unready

was king of England from 978 to 1016 AD
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He paid a lot of money to the Vikings, the Danes,

to keep them away from England
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Emma of Normandy

His second wife was
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Unfortunately

he wasn't able to keep all the Danes away
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Knut, the son of the king of Denmark,

invaded England
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Aethelred died

In 1016
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Viking king of England

Knut became the first, and only,
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What did Emma do?

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What did she think of Knut?

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She married him!

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Her sons by Aethelred, Edward and Alfred,

went into exile
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After the death of Knut and his sons,

Edward became king of England
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whose daughter, Edith, he married

He was helped by the powerful Earl Godwin of Wessex,
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Edward HATED Godwin!

Despite this,
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for the death of his brother Alfred

He considered Godwin responsible
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But Edward's marriage to Edith

was childless
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When Edward died

in January 1066...
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...two men

wanted his throne
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One was Godwin's son

Harold...
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...the other was William, Duke of Normandy,

Edward's cousin
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On 22nd September 1066 Harold, now king,

defeated a Danish invasion at Stamford Bridge in northern England
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William landed in the south

...but on 28th September
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Harolds rushed to battle...

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...but on 14th October 1066 at Hastings

he got an arrow in his eye...
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the last Saxon king of England

...and so died
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