Editing Æthelred the Unready

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{{Character Infobox
|image = Wiki noimage.jpg
|birth = c. 966<br>[[Kingdom of England]]
|death = 23 April 1016<br>[[London]], Kingdom of England
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[House of Wessex]]
}}
'''Æthelred II''' (c. 966 – 1016), given the epithet '''the Unready''', was King of the English from 978 until his was dethroned by [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] in 1013, and later from 1014 until his death.

==Biography==
From 980 onward, England was plagued by more invading Vikings. Æthelred and several other leaders of his time, attempted to bribe the Vikings by paying them to leave. This strategy would work until 1013, with the arrival of Sweyn Forkbeard, who dethroned Æthelred and banished him from the country.<ref name="EoV">''[[Echoes of History|Echoes of History: Vikings]]'' – Episode 5: The Dawn of a New Era</ref> Although he later returned to England and regained his throne,<ref>{{WP|Æthelred the Unready}}</ref> the Wessex dynasty would not fully rule England again until [[Edward the Confessor]].<ref name="EoV"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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