Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Æthelred the Unready across 3 places, from 978 to 1009.
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Æthelred II ( 968 – 23 April 1016), known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from March 978 to December 1013 and again from February 1014 until his death.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Æthelred the Unready was documented, and when
18 March 978exact date
Corfe Castle (village)attested“Edward was killed on his arrival to visit Ælfthryth and Æthelred at Corfe in Dorset on 18 March 978.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
18 March 978exact date
Dorsetattested“Edward was killed on his arrival to visit Ælfthryth and Æthelred at Corfe in Dorset on 18 March 978.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1009 to 1014period
Englandattested“Wulfstan's codes included VII Æthelred, which dates to 1009, and VIII Æthelred, which was issued after Æthelred's return to England in 1014.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
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1000year
Englandmentioned“The only year thereafter when England was free of raids was 1000, when the Viking fleet left England for Normandy.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1000 to 1001period
Exetermentioned“In 1001 a Danish fleet – perhaps the same fleet which left in 1000 – ravaged in Hampshire and Devon, though the English mounted a successful defence at Exeter.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1000 to 1001period
Hampshirementioned“In 1001 a Danish fleet – perhaps the same fleet which left in 1000 – ravaged in Hampshire and Devon, though the English mounted a successful defence at Exeter.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
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Shaftesbury Abbeymentioned“In 1001 his remains were translated for a second time on Æthelred's orders, this time to a more prominent place in Shaftesbury Abbey.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1002year
Duchy of Normandymentioned“According to William of Jumièges, writing in the 1050s, in around 1002 an English fleet launched an attack on the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
13 November 1002exact date
Englandmentioned“ASC C states that Æthelred ordered the massacre of all Danish men in England on 13 November 1002, St Brice's Day, "because the king had been informed that they would treacherously deprive him, and then all his councillors, of life, and p…”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1003year
Englandmentioned“They show that the king was starting to chase shadows, and he was unlikely to stop there." Swein returned to England in 1003, after an absence of nearly ten years.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1004year
Oxfordmentioned“A charter of 1004 relating to the Oxford church of St Frideswide stated that it had been burnt down when Danes in the town had taken refuge in it during the massacre.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1005year
Englandmentioned“The Danish army left England in 1005, probably because Britain and the Continent suffered from a severe famine in that year.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1006year
Sandwich, Kentmentioned“In 1006, according to ASC C, "the great fleet came to Sandwich, and did just as they were accustomed, ravaged, burnt and slew as they went".”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1008year
Sandwich, Kentmentioned“In 1008, a fleet of warships was built and assembled at Sandwich, but a dispute broke out among the magnates.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
1009 to 1012period
Stentonmentioned“To Stenton: "The history of England in the next generation was really determined between 1009 and 1012 ...”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
August 1009month
Sandwich, Kentmentioned“the ignominious collapse of the English defence caused a loss of morale which was irreparable." In August 1009 a Danish army led by Thorkell the Tall and his brother Hemming landed at Sandwich.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
May 1010month
Battle of Maldonmentioned“In May 1010 the Vikings defeated Ulfcytel in the Battle of Ringmere and went on to burn Thetford and Cambridge.”source: Wikipedia: Æthelred the Unready
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