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Also Known As Aethelred Unraed • Aethelred • Ethelred II
Born 968?
Died April 23, 1016 • London • England
Title / Office king (978-1013), England • king (1014-1016), England
Notable Family Members father Edgar • son Edward • son Edmund II

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Edgar, detail from the New Minster Charter, 966; in the British Library (Vesp. MS. A viii)
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