At Corfe Castle, this man's advisers may have murdered his half-brother, Edward the Martyr.
This king ordered the deaths of Pallig Tokeson and his wife Gunhilde. This man's son-in-law was probably a traitorous adviser named Eadric Streona. At Corfe Castle, this man's advisers may have murdered his half-brother, Edward the Martyr. A mostly lost poem commemorates a defeat during this man's reign at Maldon near Northey Island. Legendarily, Saint Dunstan prophesied against this ruler because he defecated in a baptismal font as a child. Harald Bluetooth's daughter was killed during a massacre of Danes that ordered by this king on St. Brice's Day. This king's reign was interrupted by Sweyn Forkbeard, and he was the father of Edmund Ironside. For 10 points, what English king's nickname probably means "ill-advised", not "unprepared"?
This king ordered the deaths of Pallig Tokeson and his wife Gunhilde.
Aethelred the Unready [or Aethelred II]