Infobox VG title Eric the Unready image File Eric the Unready cover.jpg 256px developer Legend Entertainment publisher Legend Entertainment released 1993 genre Adventure game modes Single Player platforms MS DOS wikiquote Eric the Unready is an adventure game from Legend Entertainment . Eric the Unready is a parody of the fantasy genre in general, though it parodies numerous other topics as well, ranging from Star Trek to Zork . The game engine uses an interactive fiction interface, although unlike most IF games, a graphical display of the player s location and viewpoint is provided. The title is a play on thelred the Unready . The game s cover was made by Boris Vallejo , who later would also make the cover for Shannara video game Shannara , another title by Legend. ref http www.mobygames.com developer sheet view developerId,4056 Boris Vallejo credits in Mobygames ref Story According to a prophecy, the King Fudd the Bewildered is expected to die next week, and the unmarried princess at his side shall inherit the Kingdom. His legitimate daughter, Princess Lorealle the Worthy comes to the castle to be on his side but disappears mysteriously the next day. Early in the game, the player learns of the scheme by Fudd s wife and Lorealle s stepmother, Morgana, who intends her daughter by a previous marriage , Grizelda the Hefty to be on the dying King s side and therefore become the sole heir. Lorealle has been abducted and held in the castle of Morgana s sister, an evil witch, with the intend to marry an evil Beast, in order to be excluded from the prophecy. In order to make certain that Lorealle will be not rescued in time by any knight, Morgana conspires so that the Union Hall picks the most incompetent and unworthy of them, Eric the Unready, the player character . Bud the Wizard ... reflist External links Moby game id eric the unready name Eric the Unready Category 1993 video games ... Category Parody video games fi Eric the Unready ... more details
Ethelred Edelred mac Ma l Coluim or elr d Margotsson was the son of King Malcolm III of Scotland M el Coluim III and his wife Saint Margaret of Scotland Margaret , the third oldest of the latter and the probable sixth oldest of the former. He took his name, almost certainly, from Margaret s great grandfather King elr d Unr d , or Ethelred the Unready . Ethelred had a multicultural upbringing in the pious household of his Gaelic father and Anglo Hungarian mother. He had an ecclesiastical career and avoided a political career, perhaps because of some disability, being passed over for the succession. His career probably brought him the prestigious abbacy of Dunkeld , however he died as a cluniac monk in Somerset . He is often thought to have held the office Mormaer of Fife , but this is almost certainly a mistake. The source is a notitia of a grant to the Culdees C li D monks of Loch Leven Kinross Loch Leven , contained within the Register of the Priory of St Andrews , which says div class notice spoilerbox table border 0 tr td div class toccolours spoilercontents Edelradus vir venerandae memoriae filius Malcolmi Regis Scotiae, Abbas de Dunkeldense et insuper Comes de Fyf . ref LawrieCitation div td tr table div Translated, this is Ethelred or Edelred, man of venerable memory, son of King M el Coluim of Scotland, Abbot of Dunkeld and also Mormaer of Fife . However, the same notitia records a number of witnesses, among whom are the brothers of Ethelred, David I of Scotland David and Alexander I of Scotland Alexander after the last two comes Constantinus Comes de Fyf , i.e. Causant n of Fife Causant n , the actual Mormaer of Fife . The contradiction has been explained by Bannerman. He argues that the translator of Register of the Priory of St Andrews a collection of Latin ... omitted the Mormaer. At any rate, it is clear that Ethelred was never a Mormaer of Fife ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ethelred of Scotland ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Mount Ethelred coord 70 4 S 69 29 W source GNIS is a mainly ice covered mountain, convert 2,470 m high, convert 3 nmi km 0 southeast of Mount Ethelwulf and convert 8 nmi km inland from George VI Sound , in the Douglas Range of Alexander Island . The mountain was probably first observed by Lincoln Ellsworth , who photographed the east side of the Douglas Range from the air on November 23, 1935 its east face was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition . It was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS and named for thelred of Wessex Ethelred I , Saxon Kings Saxon King of England, 865 871. The west face of the mountain was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947 48, by D. Searle of the FIDS in 1960. ref name gnis References Reflist refs ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 4640 name Ethelred, Mount accessdate 2012 03 05 ref usgs gazetteer id 4640 name Ethelred, Mount DEFAULTSORT Ethelred, Mount Category Mountains of Alexander Island AlexanderIsland geo stub ... more details
Ethelred Luke Taunton born at Rugeley , Staffordshire , England, 17 October 1857 died in London, 9 May 1907 was an English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer. Life He was educated at Downside , and formed a desire both then and later in life to enter the Benedictine Order , but health was an obstacle. He succeeded in entering the Institute of St. Andrew , founded by the Catholic convert, George Bampfield , at Barnet but again his health prevented him from remaining. Finally, he joined the congregation of the Oblates founded by Henry Edward Manning Cardinal Manning at Bayswater , and in 1883 he was ordained priest. Three years later he left the Oblates, and went on the mission at Stoke Newington in North London. Here he built a new temporary church, which was opened in 1888 ref Denis Evinson, Catholic Churches of London 1998 , p. 117. ref but shortly afterwards he received serious injury by the accidental fall of some scaffolding, which brought on partial paralysis, and permanently incapacitated him from active work. He continued, however, to be busy with his pen. He was a man of wide reading, and wrote on a large number of subjects. For a while he lived at Bruges where he founded and edited St. Luke s Magazine but it had only a brief existence, and having partially recovered his health, he returned to England and devoted himself to literature. His death took place somewhat suddenly, in London, from heart failure, at the age of fifty. Works His two chief works were on the Jesuits and Benedictines they were to have been followed by a similar one on the English secular clergy, had he lived. He always professed to aim at setting forth truth unadorned, but his partisan ... wstitle Ethelred Taunton The entry cites Dictionary of National Biography , Supplement 1900 1910 ... . NAME Taunton, Ethelred ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 17 October 1857 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 9 May 1907 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Taunton, Ethelred Category 1857 births ... more details
Lyfing may refer to Anglo Saxon religious leaders Lyfing Archbishop of Canterbury died 1020 , associated with Ethelred the Unready Lyfing of Winchester died c. 1046 , bishop associated with King Canute the Dane disambig Bishop of Leicester ... more details
thelred , also Ethelred , is an Old English personal name a compound of wiktionary el el and wiktionary r d r d , meaning noble council or well advised ref Cf. German wiktionary Adel Adel and wiktionary Rat Rat . ref and may refer to Anglo Saxon England thelred of Mercia d. 716 , King of Mercia thelred I of East Anglia fl . 760s 780s thelred I of Northumbria d. 796 , King of Northumbria thelred II of Northumbria , King of Northumbria mid 9th century thelred II of East Anglia fl . 870s thelred of Wessex c. 865 871 , King of Wessex thelred bishop died 888 , Archbishop of Canterbury thelred, Ealdorman of Mercia c. 883 911 thelred the Unready 978 1016 , King of England Post Conquest Ethelred of Scotland died 12th century , son of Malcolm III and Saint Margaret Aelred of Rievaulx 1110 1167 , English writer, saint and abbot of Rievaulx Ethelred Taunton 1857 1907 , English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer See also Mount Ethelred , Antarctica References reflist hndis thelred given name DEFAULTSORT Aethelred Category English masculine given names de thelred fa fr thelred hr Ethelred it Aethelred he nl Ethelred no Ethelred ru ... more details
Lyfing from leof carus darling an Anglo Saxon given name. Infobox given name name Lyfing origin Anglo Saxon related names Notable people bearing this name include Expand list date February 2011 Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury d. 1020 advisor to King Ethelred the Unready Lyfing of Winchester d. 1047 advisor to King Canute the Dane given name Lyfing ... more details
Godgifu is the name of Lady Godiva c. 997 1067 , Anglo Saxon noblewoman Princess Goda of England born 1004 , daughter of King Ethelred the Unready hndis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
23 King Ethelred the Unready born c. 968 November 30 King Edmund Ironside 1017 December Eadric Streona .... ref name Cassell s Chronology March Ethelred returns to reclaim his throne whilst Canute ... ATHELRED II The Unready, King of the English 978 1013, 1014 1016 accessdate 2008 01 04 ref Wulfstan ... 1016 23 April King Ethelred dies, and is succeeded by his son Edmund Ironside . ref name Cassell s Chronology ... Ethelred s widow Emma of Normandy . ref name CBH Canute divies England into the four Earldoms of Wessex ... more details
Wulfric is an Anglo Saxon language Anglo Saxon male name, meaning wolf power or wolf ruler . Historical mentions Wulfric Spot , Earl of Mercia and Chief Councillor of State to King Ethelred the Unready Ethelred b. ? , d. 12 October 1010. Founder of Burton upon Trent Burton Abbey, to which he bequeathed land and money in his will of c. 1002 4 http www.burton2000.co.uk History Modwen index.htm . Wulfric of Haselbury , hermit and miracle worker b. 1080 ? at Compton Martin , d. 20 February 1154 at Haselbury Plucknett . Venerated as a Catholic Saint , though never formally canonization canonised . Fictional characters The chief protagonist in Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Charles W. Whistler . The middle name of Albus Dumbledore Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore , a main character in J.K. Rowling s Harry Potter series. The Duke of Bewcastle, Wulfric Bedwyn, in Mary Balogh s Slightly series. Wulfric is one of the main characters in the movie Outlander film Outlander . Wulfric is a main character in Ken Follett s World Without End Follett novel World Without End . disambig ... more details
Queen Emma may refer to Emma of Hawaii 1836 1885 , Queen Consort of Kamehameha IV Emma of Normandy c. 988 1052 , Queen Consort both to Ethelred the Unready of England and later Canute the Great Emma of the Netherlands 1858 1934 , Queen Consort of William III of the Netherlands Emma of the East Franks , Queen of Louis the German Emma Forsayth 1850 1913 , known as Queen Emma of New Guinea And of the Royal Navy ship HMS Queen Emma HMS Queen Emma 1939 1969 formerly Koningin Emma disambig Category Human name disambiguation pages Emma, Queen ... more details
Drogo of Mantes 996 1035 was the count of Valois and the count of the Vexin Vexin in the early eleventh century from 1027 to his death. His capital was Mantes , thus his byname. He married Goda of England Goda , daughter of King Ethelred the Unready of England and Queen Emma of Normandy and the sister of King Edward the Confessor . Their son was Ralph the Timid , earl of Hereford . Sources Hinde, Thomas ed . The Domesday Book England s History Then and Now . 1995 Persondata name Drogo of Mantes alternative names short description date of birth 996 place of birth date of death 1035 place of death Category 996 births Category 1035 deaths Category Counts of Valois Category Normans Europe noble stub de Drogo Vexin fr Dreux de Vexin nl Drogo van Vexin ... more details
Cholsey Abbey was an Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon nunnery in Cholsey in the England English county of Berkshire now Oxfordshire , which was founded in 986. After King Edward the Martyr was murdered, his stepmother, lfthryth, Queen of England lfthryth , was implicated in the crime. Edward s death had allowed lfthryth s son, Ethelred the Unready , to become King of England . Both lfthryth and Ethelred were instrumental in establishing Cholsey Abbey an act of expiation for Edward s death. Following the Viking Danish attack on Wallingford, Oxfordshire Wallingford in 1006, it is thought that the invaders burnt the nunnery to the ground. However, some ruins may have survived to be rebuilt as Cholsey Church of England parish church parish church , where Anglo Saxon masonry survives in the tower. References http www.berkshirehistory.com villages cholsey.html Royal Berkshire History Cholsey http www.british history.ac.uk report.asp?compid 40057 British History Online Victoria County History of Berkshire The Abbey of Reading mentioning Cholsey Abbey Benedictine houses of England and Wales coord 51.5788 1.1590 type landmark region GB display title Category 986 establishments Category Christian monasteries established in the 10th century Category 1006 disestablishments Category Monasteries in Berkshire Category Monasteries in Oxfordshire Category Church of England churches in Oxfordshire UK Christian monastery stub Berkshire struct stub ... more details
class infobox width 350 align center Image Wyvern of Wessex.svg 30px 1000s in England Image Wyvern of Wessex.svg 30px style background color f3f3f3 align center small Other decades small align center 10th century in England 10th century 1000s 1010s in England 1010s 1020s in England 1020s Events from the 1000s decade 1000s in England . Incumbents Monarch Ethelred the Unready Events 1000 English fleet invades the Isle of Man . ref name CBH English invasion of Cumbria fails. ref name CBH Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed. ref name CBH 1001 First Battle of Alton against Denmark Danish raiders. Edward the Martyr canonised. 1002 24,000 of Danegeld paid to the Danes in return for them leaving England. ref name CBH King Ethelred the Unready marries Emma of Normandy . ref name CBH 13 November St. Brice s Day massacre Ethelred orders the deaths of leading Danes in England. ref name Cassell s Chronology cite book last Williams first Hywel title Cassell s Chronology of World History publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson year 2005 isbn 0 304 35730 8 pages 104 105 ref 1003 King Sweyn I of Denmark invades England in retaliation for the St. Brice s Day Massacre. ref name Cassell s Chronology 1004 Danes raid Devon and East Anglia . ref name CBH 1005 Continued Danish raids on southern England. ref name CBH 1006 Danes raid south eastern England from the Isle of Wight to Reading, Berkshire Reading . ref name CBH Alphege enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury . Danish forces spend the winter at Wallingford, Oxfordshire Wallingford . ref name CBH 1007 36,000 of Danegeld paid. ref name CBH 1008 Ethelred and Archbishop Wulfstan II of York pass laws for the protection of Christianity in England. ref name CBH 1009 New English fleet constructed. ref name CBH cite book last Palmer first Alan & Veronica year 1992 title The Chronology of British History publisher Century Ltd location London pages 47 48 isbn 0 7126 5616 2 ref 1 August Danes occupy Sandwich, Kent , attack London, and burn Oxford ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 lfred eling English language English Alfred the Noble died 1036 was one of the eight sons of the English king thelred the Unready Ethelred II , called The Unready . He and his brother Edward the Confessor were sons of Ethelred s second wife Emma of Normandy . In 1013 during the siege of London by the Denmark Danes , Ethelred fled England to exile in Normandy accompanied by a retinue of close family members which included Alfred, Edward and several more of his children. Ethelred regained the throne in 1014, but Alfred and his family remained in Normandy. Ethelred died in 1016, and England was conquered by Canute the Great Canute of Denmark in the same year. In 1035, Canute died, and during the uncertainty that followed, the heirs of the former Anglo Saxon rulers attempted to restore the House of Wessex to the throne of England. Alfred Aetheling landed on the coast of Sussex with a Norman mercenary body guard and attempted to make his way to London. However he was betrayed and captured by Godwin, Earl of Wessex Earl Godwin of Wessex , and blinded he died soon afterwards. In the Anglo Saxon Chronicle there is an account of this fateful encounter Cquote As Alfred and his men approached the town of Guildford in Surrey , thirty miles south west of London , they were met by the powerful Godwin, Earl of Wessex Earl Godwin of Wessex, who professed loyalty to the young prince and procured lodgings for him and his men in the town. The next morning, Godwin said to Alfred I will safely and securely conduct you to London, where the great men of the kingdom are awaiting your coming, that they may raise you to the throne. This he said in spite of the fact that the throne was already occupied by the son of Knud , Harold Harefoot , and he was actually in league with King Harold to lure the young prince to his death. Then the earl led the prince and his men over the hill of Guildown , which is to the west of Guildford, on the road to Winchester ... more details
Infobox UK place country England static image name Smalley church hall.jpg static image caption Church Hall, Smalley. latitude 52.998 longitude 1.394 official name Smalley population shire district Amber Valley shire county Derbyshire region East Midlands constituency westminster post town ILKESTON postcode district DE7 postcode area DE dial code 01332 01773 os grid reference SK407446 Smalley is a village on the main A608 Heanor to Derby road in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England . Its name came from Anglo Saxon language Anglo Saxon Sm l l ah narrow woodland clearing . Smalley is part of the Borough of Amber Valley and has its own Parish councils in England Parish Council . History Smalley was mentioned in a Charter of 1009 by King Ethelred the unready elr d Unr d Ethelred the Unready relating to a manor known as Weston on Trent Westune modern day Weston on Trent ref name conserv http www.south derbys.gov.uk NR rdonlyres 09E3504C 1E4B 4F55 9458 4246633EABFB 0 AoTA4complete.pdf Aston on Trent Conservation Area History , South Derbyshire, accessed 25 November 2008 ref which land included the areas now known as Shardlow , Great Wilne , Church Wilne , Crich , Smalley , Morley, Derbyshire Morley , Weston and Aston on Trent . Under this charter Ethelred gave his minister, Morcar died 1015 Morcar , some exemptions from Trinoda necessitas tax . ref Charter of thelred, The Great Council, 1009, accessible at Derbyshire Records Office ref Smalley s Parish Church of St John the Baptist was built in the late eighteenth century on the site of a much earlier church. The transepts were added in 1844 and the unusual and almost detached tower was added some years later. A 7th century Saxon Cross is part of the porch. The bell tower was built to house five bells donated by Rev. Charles Kerry and the chime of five bells is said to be the heaviest in England with the largest bell weighing over 2 tons. Its pub, The Bell Inn, was voted Best Derbyshire Pub of 2006 . References r ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Deposition by political means concerns the removal of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup , impeachment , invasion , or forced abdication . The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop , from ecclesiastical office. Notable deposed politicians Arnoldo Alem n Jean Bertrand Aristide Fulgencio Batista Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Dost Mohammad Khan Lucio Guti rrez Hiss ne Habr Sam Houston Ferdinand E. Marcos Mengistu Haile Mariam Hosni Mubarak Richard Nixon Manuel Noriega Gustavo Noboa Konstantin P ts Carlos Andr s P rez Saddam Hussein Nawaz Sharif Thaksin Shinawatra Antanas Smetona Charles G. Taylor Charles Taylor K rlis Ulmanis Notable deposed kings Adolf of Germany Adolf of Nassau Puyi Aisin Gioro Puyi of the Qing Dynasty Edward II of England Edward V of England Ethelred the Unready Ethelred II of England Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Haile Selassie I Henry VI of England Louis XVI of France Manuel II of Portugal Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Philip IV of Spain Philip III of Portugal Richard II of England Richard III of England Sancho II of Portugal Wenceslaus, King of the Romans Notable deposed bishops Cyril of Alexandria Cyril Lucaris John Chrysostom Nestorius Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople Photios I of Constantinople Antipope Benedict XIII Antipope John XXIII Nonjuring schism The Nine Bishops of the Nonjuring Schism See also Coup d tat Defrock Motion of no confidence DEFAULTSORT Deposition Politics Category Politics Category Rulers deposed as children Poli term stub ... more details
This page is for the English princess, for the Neopagan name for the Goddess see Robert Cochrane witch . Goda of England or Godgifu lang fr Godjifu 1004 c. 1047 ref Heather J. Tanner, Eustace II , count of Boulogne d. c.1087 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. ref was the daughter of Ethelred II of England King Ethelred the Unready and his second wife Emma of Normandy , and sister of Edward the Confessor King Edward the Confessor . She married firstly Drogo of Mantes , count of the V xin , probably on 7 April 1024, ref Elisabeth van Houts, Edward and Normandy , in Richard Mortimer ed., Edward the Confessor The Man and the Legend , The Boydell Press, 2009, p. 65. She dates Godgifu s death c.1056. ref and had sons by him Ralph the Timid , earl of Hereford . Walter III of the Vexin d. 1063 , married Biota d. 1063 , daughter of Herbert I of Maine , they both died in suspicious circumstances in the captivity of William I of England . Fulk d. 1068 She married secondly Eustace II of Boulogne Eustace II , count of Boulogne in 1035. This marriage was childless. After the Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror , the lands owned by Goda in Buckinghamshire were given to the Norman knights Bertram de Verdun , lord of Farnham Royal , and Raoul, count of Foug res . Notes Reflist References refbegin Hynde, Thomas ed . The Domesday Book England s History Then and Now . 1995 refend Use dmy dates date January 2012 Persondata name Goda of England alternative names short description date of birth 1004 place of birth date of death place of death Category 1004 births Category English princesses Category Anglo Saxon royalty Category Anglo Saxon women UK royal stub Europe royal stub fr Godjifu ... more details
thelstan also written Aethelstan, Athelstan or Athelstane is an Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon name derived from the Old English language thel noble and stane stone . It can refer to People King thelstan of England King thelstan of East Anglia King thelstan of Sussex thelstan Half King , Ealdorman of East Anglia thelstan Rota , Ealdorman thelstan of Wessex , eldest son of King thelwulf of Wessex Athelstan Aetheling , eldest son of King thelred the Unready Abbot thelstan of Abingdon , Bishop Aethelstan of Ramsbury Athelstan bishop , who was bishop of Elmham thelstan, brother of Queen Aelgifu of Northampton , first wife of King Ethelred the Unready thelstan, Ealdorman of Devon thelstan Bishop of Hereford , early 11th century Anglo Saxon bishop of Hereford Guthrum the Old , who took the baptismal name thelstan. Athelstan, son of Tovi the Proud , an 11th century Anglo Danish thegn. thelstan A , the designation by historians of a scribe to King thelstan of England between 928 and 935 Athelstan Spilhaus , 20th century geophysicist Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham Fictional characters Aethelstane, a character in Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott . Athelstane, a character in the story The Gods of Bal Sagoth by Robert E. Howard . Places Athelstan, Iowa , a community in the United States Athelstane, Wisconsin , a town in the United States Athelstane community , Wisconsin , an unincorporated community in the United States Other Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan series of historical detective novels by P.C. Doherty given name DEFAULTSORT Aethelstan ang elst n br Athelstan de thelstan fr thelstan he nl Athelstan pl Athelstane pt Athelstan ... more details
Pallig ref Palling, Palnig, Palne. ref died 1002 was a Denmark Danish chieftain. He was recruited to help Ethelred II , ref http www.headington.org.uk history famous people ethelred.htm , http www.users.on.net jackr history ethelred.html , Barbara Yorke, Wessex in the Early Middle Ages 1995 , p. 134. ref and was made Jarl title Jarl or Ealdorman of Devon shire. He is said to have been killed in the St. Brice s Day massacre , along with his wife Gunhilde , daughter of Harald I of Denmark ref http fmg.ac Projects MedLands DENMARK.htm Denmark Bot generated title ref and sister of Sweyn Forkbeard . Sweyn s invasions from 1002 may have been partly in revenge for the murder of his sister. An alternative version is that Pallig deserted the service of King thelred the Unready thelred in 1001, and that the massacre was partly thelred s revenge. ref Ryan Lavelle, Aethelred II King of the English , The History Press, 2008, pp. 104 105 ref Notes references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pallig ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1002 PLACE OF DEATH Category 1002 deaths Category Danish people Category Year of birth unknown Category People from Devon Denmark bio stub da Pallig Tokesen fa sv Pallig Tokesen ... more details
Infobox given name name Elfreda gender Female meaning elf strength region origin Germanic name Germanic Elfreda , Elfrida , Alfrida , Elfrieda , Elfriede , Elftrude , Elftraut is a female given name, derived from lf ry meaning elf strength . The name fell out of fashion in the middle ages and was revived in the 19th century in both England and Germany. medieval Saint lfthryth of Crowland died c. 795 lfthryth, wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia floruit fl. 810s lfthryth, Countess of Flanders , daughter of King Alfred the Great d. 929 Elftrude, daughter of Adele of Vermandois and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders 10th century lfthryth, wife of Edgar , king of England, mother of Ethelred the Unready d. 1000 modern Elfrida Andr e 1841 1929 Elfrida Rathbone 1871 1940 Elfriede Geiringer 1905 1998 Elfriede Tr tschel 1913 1958 Elfriede Rinkel b. 1922 Elfriede Gerstl 1932 2009 Elfriede Jelinek b. 1946 other Elfrida, Arizona 618 Elfriede SS Elfrida , a Norwegian cargo ship in service 1947 59 USS Elfrida SP 988 , a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1898, from 1899 to 1908, and from 1909 to 1918 Elfrida , poetry published 1752 by William Mason poet William Mason given name Category English given names Category German feminine given names de Elfriede hr Elfrida hu Elfrida it Elfrida pl Elfryda sl Elfrida ... more details
s walls. Uhtred was rewarded by King Ethelred II of England Ethelred II with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh even though his father was still alive. In the mean time, Ethelred had had Ealdorman lfhelm ... and southern Northumbria under the house of Bamburgh. It seems likely that Ethelred did not trust ... Gainsborough . Uhtred submitted to him there, as did all of the Danes in the north. In July 1013 Ethelred ... on 2 February 1014. At Sweyn s death, Ethelred was able to return from exile and resume his reign. Uhtred, along with many others, transferred his allegiance back to Ethelred, on his return. Uhtred also married thelred the UnreadyEthelred s daughter lfgifu about this time. ref name kapelle1 In 1016 Uhtred campaigned with Ethelred s son Edmund Ironside in Cheshire and the surrounding shires ... more details
Image SaintChadsChurchWilne7.JPG thumb Saint Chad s Church in Church Wilne ref name WC Image from Wikimedia Commons June 2007 ref . Great Wilne is a small village in Derbyshire , England on the border with Leicestershire . It is convert 7 mi south east of Derby . It is a village split from its church of St Chad s by the river. The church is at the very small hamlet of Church Wilne which can only be approached by a short walk via the bridge over the River Derwent, Derbyshire River Derwent , or by a fair car journey which necessitates travelling out of the county. Image GreatWilne2.JPG thumb left Entering the small hamlet of Great Wilne ref name WC . History In 1009 Ethelred the unready elr d Unr d King Ethelred the Unready signed a charter at the Great Council which recognised the position and boundaries of Weston on Trent Westune . ref name conserv http www.south derbys.gov.uk NR rdonlyres 09E3504C 1E4B 4F55 9458 4246633EABFB 0 AoTA4complete.pdf Aston on Trent Conservation Area History , South Derbyshire, accessed 25 November 2008 ref The land described in that charter included the lands now known as Shardlow , Great Wilne , Church Wilne , Crich , Smalley, Derbyshire Smalley , Morley, Derbyshire Morley , Weston and Aston on Trent . Under this charter elr d gave his minister a number of rights that made him free from Trinoda necessitas tax and to his own rule within the manor. ref Charter of thelred, The Great Council, 1009, accessible at Derby records ref Wilne is still mentioned in the Domesday book as one village in 1086. Shardlow and Great Wilne were included in the parish of Aston on Trent until 1838, when Shardlow constructed its own church. ref name conserv Local administration Great Wilne is part of the Civil parishes in England civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne and the district of South Derbyshire . Church Wilne Church Wilne is registered by whom date December 2011 as an abandoned village, apart from the church however it is the location of St Ch ... more details
Norman armour. The Doctor refers to the late Ethelred the Unready King Ethelred as having been unready to die this is a joke on Ethelred s moniker of the Unready , which means poorly advised , not unprepared . Ethelred was the father of Edward the Confessor , the king in episode 2. Edward and Edith ... more details
endeared himself to Ethelred II to whom he was on the whole loyal by arranging the assassinations of his ... Danes , he appears in the character of an arch traitor. When Ethelred in 1009 proposed a great attack ... despite being supposedly on the same side . Eadric appears to have acted as a go between for Ethelred ... murder of St. Alphege at Greenwich by Thorkell the Tall s men, Thorkell defected to Ethelred, possibly through Eadric s agency. Although loyal to Ethelred, he had a personal enmity towards Ethelred ..., the daughter of one of Eadric Streona s victims in his role as Ethelred s hitman, giving him a northern power base. Despite his policy of appeasement, he is said to have persuaded Ethelred to undertake ... the Queen consort Emma of Normandy , widow of Ethelred and wife of Canute, to the Duchy of Normandy ... more details
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