Saturday, April 08, 2017

 

Fascinating names of early English Monarchs


In rank order of fascinating-ness:

1.  Aethelred the Unready (pictured above). 978-1016 (except parts of 1013-1014)
2.  Sven Forkbeard (1013-1014)
3. Empress Matilda (1141)
4. Cnut the Great (1016-1035)
5. Edmund Ironside (1016)

# posted by Mark Osler @ 12:03 AM
Comments:
I still think the Viking Harold Bluetooth had the perfect name for a medieval monarch.
# posted by Blogger The Medievalist : 10:01 PM
 
Post a Comment



<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

#