King of England, Edmund I the Magnificent

Birth Name King of England, Edmund I the Magnificent 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a
Gramps ID I18352
Gender male
Age at Death 26 years, 4 months, 25 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Nobility Title [E23556]     I
 
Birth [E23557] 920 Wessex, England  
1b 2b 3b 4b 5b
Death [E23558] 946-05-26 Pocklechurch, England  

Cause: Stabbed to death (assasinated).

1c 2c 3c 4c 5c
_FA1 [E23559]   Reigned 940-946.  
2d 3d 4d 5d
_FA2 [E23560]   Expelled the Norse King Olaf from Nothumbria (944).  
3e 4e 5e
_FA3 [E23561]   Supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.  
3f 4f 5f
_FA4 [E23562]   Never gave up any territory to Vikings, Danes, Celts, or Scots.  
3g 4g 5g
_FA5 [E23563]   House of Wessex.  
3h 4h 5h
Medical Information [E23564]     An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine.
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father King of England, Edward the Elder [I18370]871925-07-17
Mother of Kent, Eadgifu (Edgiva) [I24462]968-08-25
         King of England, Edmund I the Magnificent [I18352] 920 946-05-26
    Sister     of Wessex, Edgifu (Edgiva) [I17240] 920
    Brother     King of England & Wessex, Eadred [I25714] 924
    Brother     King of England, Aethelstan [I24696] 892

Families

    Family of King of England, Edmund I the Magnificent and of Wessex, St. Aelfgifu [F11058]
Married Wife of Wessex, St. Aelfgifu [I28576] ( * 922 + 944 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E58286]      
2e 3i 4i
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
King of England, Edwy the Fair [I28161]940
King of England, Edgar the Peaceful [I28573]943975-07-08

Narrative

Acceded 939-946.[large-G675.FTW]

Reigned 940-946. An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine. He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Nothumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.
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Reigned 940-946. An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine. He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Nothumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.
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Reigned 940-946. An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine. He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Nothumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.
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Reigned 940-946. An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine. He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Nothumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.
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Reigned 940-946. An outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St. Augustine. He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Nothumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.

Pedigree

  1. King of England, Edward the Elder [I18370]
    1. of Kent, Eadgifu (Edgiva) [I24462]
      1. King of England, Edmund I the Magnificent
        1. of Wessex, St. Aelfgifu [I28576]
          1. King of England, Edwy the Fair [I28161]
          2. King of England, Edgar the Peaceful [I28573]
      2. of Wessex, Edgifu (Edgiva) [I17240]
      3. King of England & Wessex, Eadred [I25714]
      4. King of England, Aethelstan [I24696]

Ancestors

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