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Death of Aethelred the Unready

The ailing King Aethelred the Unready lies on his deathbed, surrounded by his council and his son Edmund Ironside, in a dimly lit royal chamber. The room is thick with tension as the kingdom faces Viking invasions and a looming succession crisis.

Year 1016
Date 4/23
Location London, London, England (Likely The Royal Palace Or A Significant Residence Within The City)
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:royal-death-and-succession

Key Figures

Aethelred the Unready Edmund Ironside Archbishop Wulfstan Royal Physician Housecarl
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 1362 linked moments

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Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · contemporaneous
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Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · contemporaneous
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Coronation of Edmund Ironside
1016 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · contemporaneous
C
Coronation of Edmund Ironside
1016 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Aethelred the Unready
1016 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Aldfrith of Northumbria
705 · same figure
D
Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · same figure
D
Death of King Oswiu
670 · same figure
D
Death of King Athelstan
939 · same figure
B
Battle of Hastings
1066 · same figure
D
Death of King Offa of Mercia
796 · same figure
D
Death of Henry II
1559 · same figure
D
Death of Charles I of Anjou
1285 · same figure
D
Death of Edward the Confessor
1066 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
D
Death of Alfonso XI of Castile
1350 · same figure
D
Death of King Aldfrith of Northumbria
705 · same figure
D
Death of Alfonso XI of Castile
1350 · same figure
B
Battle of Hastings
1066 · same figure
B
Battle of Hastings
1066 · same figure
D
Death of Edward the Confessor
1066 · same figure
D
Death of King John
1216 · same figure
D
Death of Æthelred the Unready
1016 · same figure
D
Death of King Athelstan
939 · same figure
D
Death of King John II
1364 · same figure
D
Death of Mark Antony
30 BC · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
D
Death of Edward the Confessor
1066 · same figure
B
Battle of Hastings
1066 · same figure
D
Death of Harold Godwinson
1066 · same figure
D
Death of Edmund Ironside
1016 · same figure
B
Battle of Hastings
1066 · same figure
D
Death of Anne of Brittany
1514 · same figure