The Unready
Edmund was King after Ethelred
Ethelred II, King of England from AD 978 to 1017, was known as "Ethelred the Unready."
The English king King Ethelred was named so.HorseIsle answer: Ethelred
Ok, so Charles the second named Virginia Old Dominion. I don't know why, but the name stuck and that is Virginia's nickname.
King Alfred the Great Edit: King Alfred the Great died 899AD. The king whom succeeded him was Edward the Elder.
Unready is a mistranslation of Unreedy which meant being unadvised ie badly advised. It was nothing to do with not being ready for something.
The nickname was Blitzmas Cards.
it took quite long to find out but he was born in 837 and died in 871.
There was no Britain in 1020. The King of England (basically Wessex) was the Danish King Canute, who had defeated Ethelred the Unready.
William the Conqueror was the Scandinavian King who took over England after Ethelred died. King Edward was not the successor to William the Conqueror.
William the Conqueror was the Scandinavian King who took over England after Ethelred died. King Edward was not the successor to William the Conqueror.
The Old Dominion is the nickname, given by King Charles II, to Virginia.