A Snelson DataBase and Index
Includes the Snelson Coat of Arms & Armory
Person Page 729
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Esperleng Unknown1,2
M, #18201, Deceased, b. about 915, d. after 940
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Family: Sprota Unknown (b. about 911, d. about 972)
| Son | Raoul I Unknown+ (b. about 945, d. after 992) |
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| Marriage | Esperleng Unknown and Sprota Unknown were married.2,1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18981 |
| Birth | He was born about 915.1 |
| Death | He died after 940.1 |
| His son Raoul I Unknown was born about 945. | |
| His wife Sprota Unknown died about 972. |
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Thomas Snelston1,2
M, #18203, Deceased, b. about 1420
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Snelstonmg4
Family: Isabell Bostock (b. about 1425)
| Daughter | Isabel Snelston |
| Son | John Snelston+ (b. about 1455) |
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| User Reference Number | Thomas Snelston; 5290 |
| Birth | He was born about 1420. |
| Marriage | Thomas Snelston and Isabell Bostock were married about 1450.3,4,5 |
| His son John Snelston was born about 1455. |
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Hedwig Unknown1,2
F, #18210, Deceased, d. after 13 December 993
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Family: Siegfried I Unknown (b. about 916)
| Son | Frederick I Unknown+ (b. about 965, d. 1019) |
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| Also Known As | Hedwig Unknown was also known as Hedwig Unknown. |
| Marriage | Hedwig Unknown and Siegfried I Unknown were married.2,1 |
| User Reference Number | She; 18854 |
| Her husband Siegfried I Unknown died. | |
| Her son Frederick I Unknown was born about 965. | |
| Death | She died after 13 December 993.1 |
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William Williams
M, #18211, Deceased
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Family:
| Daughter | Ellen Williams+ |
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| User Reference Number | William Williams; 23993 |
| Occupation | He was a Slate Quarrier in 1894. |
Aethelred II the Unready Unknown1,2
M, #18219, Deceased, b. about 968, d. 23 April 1016
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Parents
| Father | Edgar the Peaceful Unknown (b. 944, d. 977) |
| Mother | Aelfthryth Unknown (b. 945, d. 1000) |
Family 1: Aelgifu Unknown
| Daughter | Aelgifu Unknown (b. 985) |
| Son | Edmund II Ironside Unknown+ (b. 989, d. 1016) |
Family 2: Emma Unknown (b. 985, d. 14 March 1052)
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| Residence | Aethelred II the Unready Unknown resided See notes.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18729 |
| Note | Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Residence Ethelred II (c. 968 – April 23, 1016), also known as Ethelred the Unready or Aethelred the Unready (Old English Æþelræd Unræd), was King of England (978 –1013, and 1014 –1016). He was the son of Edgar, King of all England (959 –975) and Ælfthryth. The majority of his reign (991 –1016) was marked by a defensive war against Viking invaders. It is not true that contemporaries considered him ill-prepared. Rather, his nickname 'the unready' derives from the Anglo-Saxon Unræd, which means 'without counsel', 'ill-advised' or 'indecisive'. This can be seen as a pun on his name, Æþelræd, which may be understood to mean 'noble counsel' in Old English. So he was 'Noble counsel, No counsel'. There are 2 spellings of his name, the one here being 'Ethelred', and the second being 'Aethelred', which is closer to the original Anglo-Saxon spelling 'Æþelræd'. Books about him will use one of the two spellings, but they both refer to the same person. According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesy that the English monarchy would be overthrown during his reign. This story is, however, almost certainly a complete fabrication (a similar story is told of Byzantine Emperor Constantine Copronymus, another medieval monarch who was unpopular among certain of his subjects). Following the death of his father King Edgar and subsequent murder of his half-brother Edward the Martyr by servants of Ethelred's mother, Ethelred succeeded to the throne at about age ten. England had experienced a period of peace after the reconquest of the Danelaw in the mid-10th century. However, a new wave of raids began in 980 and a sizable Danish force began a sustained campaign in 991. During the next quarter of a century England was devastated by a succession of large Danish armies, either under the leadership of King Sweyn I of Denmark or of other commanders such as Olaf Tryggvason and Thorkell the Tall, which Ethelred's government failed to combat effectively. He was only able to halt the depredations of these armies by the payment of large sums of money known as Danegeld. Each payment led to the withdrawal of the Danes, but on each occasion a fresh onslaught began after a year or two, and each Danegeld payment was much larger than the last. Ethelred's most desperate response was the massacre of the Danes living in England on St Brice's Day (November 13) 1002. Finally in 1013 English resistance collapsed and Sweyn conquered the country, forcing Ethelred into exile, but after his victory Sweyn lived for only another five weeks. In 1014, Canute the Great was proclaimed King of England by the Danish army in England, but was forced out of England that year. Canute launched a new invasion in 1015. Subsequently, Ethelred's control of England was already collapsing once again when he died at London on 23 April 1016. Ethelred was buried in St Paul's and was succeeded by his son, Edmund Ironside. Ethelred first married Aelgifu, daughter of Thored, the ealdorman of York, by whom he had six sons: * Æthelstan Ætheling (died 1011) * Edmund Ironside * Ecgberht Ætheling * Eadred Ætheling * Eadwig Ætheling (killed 1017) * Eadgar Ætheling the Elder. They also had as many as four daughters: * Edith, who married Eadric Streona, ealdorman of Mercia * Ælfgifu, who married Uchtred the Bold, ealdorman of Bamburgh. * There may have been a daughter named Wulfhild married to Ulfcytel Snillingr * Perhaps a fourth daughter, whose name is not recorded, who was abbess of Wherwell. His second marriage, in 1002, was to Emma of Normandy, whose grandnephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne. They had two sons and a daughter; * Eadweard (later King of England and known now as Edward the Confessor * Ælfred Ætheling * Goda of England, who married Drogo of Mantes, Count of Vexin. Despite the total failure of his government in the face of the Danish threat, Ethelred's reign was not without some achievements. The quality of the coinage, a good indicator of the prevailing economic conditions, significantly improved during his reign due to his numerous coinage reform laws. His formation of an investigative body charged with the duty of accusing no innocent person and sheltering no guilty one is credited as being the historical root of the grand jury. Ethelred was the subject of a stageplay by Ronald Ribman titled The Ceremony of Innocence. It was first performed in 1968, and depicted interactions between Ethelred and his court, family and advisors, and also with the Danish king. |
| His wife Aelgifu Unknown died. | |
| Birth | He was born about 968.3,1 |
| His father Edgar the Peaceful Unknown died in 977. | |
| His daughter Aelgifu Unknown was born in 985. | |
| His son Edmund II Ironside Unknown was born in 989. | |
| Marriage | Aethelred II the Unready Unknown and Aelgifu Unknown were married in 997.3,1 |
| His mother Aelfthryth Unknown died in 1000. | |
| Marriage | Aethelred II the Unready Unknown and Emma Unknown were married in 1002.2,1 |
| His son Edmund II Ironside Unknown died in 1016. | |
| Death | Aethelred II the Unready Unknown died on 23 April 1016, at age ~48.3,1 |
| His wife Emma Unknown died on 14 March 1052. |
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Michael English
M, #18220, Deceased, b. 1869
| Consanguinity | 1st cousin 2 times removed of Adrian John Snelson |
Parents
| Father | Michael English (b. 1845, d. 19 August 1917) |
| Mother | Honora Maria Morrisey (b. 1846, d. 1932) |
| Person References | Brigid Troy bef 1830 Johannes English 1815 - 1867 |
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| User Reference Number | Michael English; 23864 |
| Birth | He was born in 1869. |
| His father Michael English died on 19 August 1917 in Carigeen Lane, Watherford, Ireland. | |
| His mother Honora Maria Morrisey died in 1932. |