Alfred Ætheling
one of the eight sons of the English king Æthelred the Unready
Years: 1000 - 1036
Alfred Ætheling (English: Alfred the Noble) (died 1036) is one of the eight sons of the English king Æthelred the Unready.
He and his brother Edward the Confessor are sons of Ethelred's second wife Emma of Normandy.
[ King Canute becomes their stepfather when he marries Aethelred's widow.
Alfred and his brother are caught in the power struggles at the start and end of Canute's reign.
