Æthelred's (978-1013, 1014-16) story would be one of turbulence, political intrigue, and the relentless march of fate. The boy who would become king would soon be marked by the legacy of doubt and misfortune, a monarch whose reign would be defined by both his early promise and his later failures. According to William and Malmesbury, he was an accomplice to murder, a coward who fled from danger, a wastrel who died a miserable death.
Characters
Aethelred - King of England (978-1013, 1014-16)
Edward the Martyr - King of England (975-78), half-brother of Aethelred
Edgar - King of England (959-75), father of Aethelred and Edward
Aelfthryth - third wife of Edgar, mother of Aethelred
Aelfgifu - first wife of Aethelred
Emma of Normandy - second wife of Aethelred
Edmund Ironside - son of Aethelred
Aethelflaed - first wife of Edgar, mother of Edward
Dunstan - Archbishop of Canterbury (959-88)
Sigeric - Archbishop of Canterbury (990-94)
Aelfheah - Archbishop of Canterbury (1006-12)
Wulfstan - Archbishop of York
Aethelwold - Bishop of Winchester
Oswald - Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of York
Aethelwine - Ealderman of East-Anglia
Aelfhere - Ealdorman of MerciaByrhtnoth - military commander
Wulfgeat - favourite of Aethelred
Eadric - nicknamed ‘the grabber’, favourite of Aethelred
Wulfnoth - favourite of AethelredBeorhtic - favourite of Aethelred
Olaf Tryggvason - King of Norway (995-1000)
Sweyn Forkbeard - King of Denmark (986-1014), King of Norway (1000-1014), King of England (1014)
Cnut - son of Sweyn Forkbeard
Richard I - nicknamed ‘the fearless’, duke of Normandy (942-96)
Richard II - nicknamed ‘the good’, duke of Normandy (996-1026)
William of Malmesbury - chronicler
John of Worcester -chronicler
Credits
Music: Prepare for War by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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