the Unready

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The Unready is the historical epithet given to the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred II of England, whose troubled reign was marked by Viking invasions and political instability.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
the Unready canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon monarch ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Æthelred II ⓘ
Æthelred II of England ⓘ
ascendedToThroneAsChild true ⓘ
associatedWith political instability in late 10th and early 11th century England ⓘ
birthDate c. 966 ⓘ
birthName Æthelred II ⓘ
burialPlace Old St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
child Eadred ⓘ
linked to: Eadred of England

Eadwig ⓘ
linked to: Athelstan Atheling

Edgar ⓘ
Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Godgifu ⓘ
Ælfred ⓘ
linked to: Athelstan Atheling

Æthelstan Ætheling ⓘ
linked to: Æthelstan Atheling
conflict Viking invasions of England ⓘ
campaigns of Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ
conflicts with Cnut the Great ⓘ
coRuledWith none ⓘ
countryRuled Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 23 April 1016 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
dynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
era Late Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
father King Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
linked to: Edgar the Peaceful
hasEpithet the Unready ⓘ
house House of Wessex ⓘ
languageOfName Old English ⓘ
meaningOfEpithet poorly advised ⓘ
mother Ælfthryth ⓘ
notableFor St Brice’s Day massacre ⓘ
Viking invasions during his reign ⓘ
payment of Danegeld to Viking raiders ⓘ
orderedEvent St Brice’s Day massacre ⓘ
predecessor Edward the Martyr ⓘ
region England ⓘ
regnalNumber II ⓘ
reignEnd 1016 ⓘ
reignStart 978 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Ælfgifu of York ⓘ
successor Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ
title King of the English ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Æthelred the Unready → nickname → the Unready ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → hasEpithet → the Unready ⓘ
subject linked to: the Unready