Ælfred Ætheling

Abt 1005 - 1036  (31 years)

• Name	Ælfred Ætheling
  Birth	Abt 1005	Northumberland beyond Tyne, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  BLINDED+BY+EARL+GODWIN+OF+WESSEX	5 Feb 1036	Sussex, England, United Kingdom
  	Earl Godwin of Wessex, professed loyalty to Alfred, promised to escort him safely to London, then murdered Alfred's men, tied him to a horse, put his eyes out and released him to a monastery. The monks cared for him but Alfred died a few days later on F
  Death	5 Feb 1036	Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
  REPRISALS+	1040	England
  	When Harthacnut succeeded his half-brother Harold as King of England, he prosecuted Earl Godwin and Lyfing, Bishop of Worcester and Crediton, for the crime against his half-brother.
  _FSFTID	G8R1-CKZ
  Burial	Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I35950	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	King of the English Æthelred 'the Unready' of Wessex,   b. 19 Mar 968, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Queen of England Emma de Normandie,   b. 23 Jun 985, Normandel, Orne, Lower Normandy, France d. 6 Mar 1052, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1002	Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  Family ID	F14550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart