II Edmund 
II was born in 0988 in Wessex, England. II's father was Aethelred II King Of England and his mother was Alfgifu Of Deira. His paternal grandparents were Edgar "The Peaceful" and Elfrida Of Devonshire; his maternal grandfather was Thored Gunnarsson. He had two sisters named Aelfgifu Of and UNKNOWN. He had a half-sister named Godgifu Princess Of. He died at the age of 28 on November 30th, 1016 in London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> " King Of England
Name Suffix:<NSFX> "Ironside", King Of England
Edmund II, byname EDMUND IRONSIDE (b. c. 993--d. Nov. 30, 1016), king of the English from April 23 to Nov. 30, 1016, surnamed "Ironside" for his staunch resistance to a massive invasion led by the Danish king Canute.
The son of King Ethelred II the Unready (reigned 978-1016), Edmund defied his father's orders by marrying (1015) the widow of one of the Danish lords then occupying English territory. Nevertheless, when Canute invaded England later in 1015, Edmund raised an army in northern England and ravaged regions that would not rally to his cause.
Upon Ethelred's death (April 1016), a small number of councillors and citizens of London proclaimed Edmund as their ruler, but a larger body of nobles at Southampton declared for Canute. Edmund then launched a series of offensives against his rival. He recovered Wessex and relieved London of a siege before being decisively defeated by Canute at Ashington, Essex, on October 18. In the ensuing peace settlement, Edmund retained Wessex, while Canute held the lands north of the River Thames. After Edmund died (probably of natural causes), Canute became sole ruler of England. [Britannica CD, 1997, EDMUND II]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 924 in Farndon-On-Dee
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England d.5 Dec 905
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex, England d.26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 0896 in Kent, England d.25 Aug 968
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 Jul 976 in Wessex , England
- b.~ 0922 in Wessex , England d.0944
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex , England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0862
- b.~ 0917
- b.~ 0947 in Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England d.~ 1002
- b.0988 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 0908
- d.> 0979
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex , England
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They had a son named Edward "The.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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Children
Edward "The Exile"
Edward "The was born in 1016 in Wessex, England. He died at the age of 41 in 1057 in London, England. He was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
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