Event: Oath-swearing/fealtyEmma 2.oath of English nobles

Scholarly Info
Description	When the royal wife (Emma 2) of old King Æthelred 32 was pregnant in her womb, all the men of the country took an oath that if a man-child should come forth... they would await in him their lord and king who would rule over the whole race of the English.
Year Range	1002 - 1005

Participant: Emma 2 (of Normandy; wife of Kings Æthelred 32 and Cnut 3; mother of King Edward 15, d.1052) : Not named in text.
Participant: Edward 15 (the Confessor; king of England, 1042-66) : Not named in text.
Participant: Æthelred 32 (the Unready; king of the English, 978-1016)