978c. King Ethelred the Unready English Anglo Saxon

Ethelred the Unready, also spelt and called Aethelred, Ethelred II or Aethelred Unraed, (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England). It is doubtful he was born in 968 because it would’ve made him ten years old when he became the King of the English. From 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from taking over England. The term “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns his name means “noble counsel.”

The son of King Edgar (ruled 959–975), Ethelred ascended the throne upon the assassination of his half-brother King Edward the Martyr, in March 978. Widespread suspicion that Ethelred may have participated in the murder created disloyalty and distrust that undermined his authority. This resulted in bad advice and no unified defence when the Danish invasions resumed in 980.

Nearly all of England was ravaged, and King Ethelred’s efforts to buy peace only made the invaders more rapacious. When they began to settle in towns, Ethelred provoked further invasions by launching a massacre of Danish settlers (November 13, 1002). By the end of 1013, the Danish King Sweyn I had been accepted as King of England, and Ethelred fled to Normandy, the birthplace of his wife, Queen Emma of Normandy.

Emma, daughter of the Norman King Richard the Fearless, was Queen of the English through her marriage to King Æthelred from 1002 to 1016. When Æthelred died in 1016, Emma remarried Sweyn’s son King Cnut. As Cnut’s wife, she was Queen of England from their marriage in 1017, Queen of Denmark from 1018, and Queen of Norway from 1028 until Cnut died in 1035.

“For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.”

Luke 12:2 KJV

Image Source: Illuminated manuscript Ethelred the Unready, circa 968-1016. , The Chronicle of Abingdon, c.1220 Location The British Library. Public Domain. Coin: 

Disclaimer: True Race Facts have made the long overdue honest determination that the King was dark brown, aka BLACK of the Hebrew, Shemitic negro race. Based on his facial phenotype, lips and thick braided hairstyle. Authentic original coins are the most accurate determination to identify the King because he would have approved the coins before they were hammered and issued. There are many ancient FAKE coins on the market, so beware when looking at coins. The deceivers made it their mission to cover up the dark ages, so even history should now be considered pseudo-history.