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King Ethelred II The UnreadyETHELRED II The Unready King of England (reigned 978-1013 and 1014-1016)
Apothecaries CompanyThe Lambeth Drug Mill stood in Grays Walk, roughly where the Ethelred Street estate now lies, to the north of Black Prince Road
EMMA ( - 1052)BRITISH ROYALTY Married to 1. Ethelred the Unready 2. Cnut Mother of Edward (Confessor) Tried by ordeal at Winchester Date: - 1052
DanegeldFollowing the Viking victory at the Battle of Maldon, in Essex, King Aethelred (the Unready) is advised to pay off the Vikings rather than continue the fight
ETHELRED I (D. 871)ETHELRED (AETHELRED) I Anglo-Saxon ruler. Drove Danes from Mercia (868-869). Defeated Danes with brother Alfred at Ashdown (871). Date: ? - 871
Edward the Martyr / OvalENGLISH ROYALTY Assassinated at Corfe Castle, possibly on orders of his stepmother Elfrida to make room for her son Ethelred
Murder of King EdwardKing Edward is assasinated (stabbed in the back while he drinks a stirrup cup) at Corfe Castle by the agent of his stepmother Elfthryth. Her son Ethelred becomes the next king
King Edward MurderedEdwards accession to the throne is resented by his stepmother, Elfrida, who wants the crown for son Ethelred : when Edward is murdered while hunting he is seen as a martyr