He succeeded to the throne aged 10 following the death of his father and subsequent murder of his half-brother [Edward the Martyr]?. His nickname "The Unready" does not mean that he was ill-prepared, but derives from the Anglo-Saxon unrede meaning "without counsel''. |
He succeeded to the throne aged 10 following the death of his father and subsequent murder of his half-brother [Edward the Martyr]?. His nickname "The Unready" does not mean that he was ill-prepared, but derives from the Anglo-Saxon unraede meaning "without counsel''. |