Edmund 
Edmund was born about 0988 in Wessex, England. Edmund's father was Aethelred and his mother was Emma of Normandy. His paternal grandparents were Edgar and Aelfthryth; his maternal grandparents were Richard I De Normandy and Emma of Burgundy. He had a sister named Godgifu. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Alfgar and Aelgifu. He died on November 30th, 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in Of, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.General Notes
EDMUND II IRONSIDE (r. Apr - Nov 1016)
Edmund Ironside was the son of Ethelred 'The Unready' and his first wife, Elfgifu. He made himself ruler in the Danelaw, independent of his father. Canute later defeated him at Ashingdon in Essex, striking a treaty of peace which allowed Edmund to rule in Wessex and Canute to take the rest. Edmund died in 1016.
Alias:<ALIA> /Ironside/
Edmund was King of England for only a few months. After the death of his
father, Æthelred II, in April 1016, Edmund led the defenseof the city of
London against the invading Knut Sveinsson (Canute), and was proclaimed
king by the Londoners. Meanwhile, the Witan (Council), meeting at
Southampton, chose Canute as King. After a series of inconclusive
military engagements, in which Edmund performed brilliantly and earned
the nickname "Ironside", he defeated the Danish forces at Oxford, Kent,
but was routed by Canute's forces at Ashingdon, Essex. A subsequent pea
agreement was made, with Edmund controlling Wessex and Canute controlli
Mercia and Northumbria. Itwas also agreed that whoever survived the
other would take control of the whole realm. Unfortunately for Edmun
died in November, 1016, transferring the Kingship of All England
completely to Canute.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0848 in West Saxons, Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 OCT 899 in Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0870 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farndon on Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905
- b.0922 d.26 MAY 946
- b.~ 0859 d.~ 0898
- b.0871 d.0920
- b.0860 d.0898
- b.0944 d.8 JUL 975
- b.0922 d.0944
- b.0968 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey d.23 Apr 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.0947 in Devon, England d.~ 1000
- b.~ 0988 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England
- b.0830 in Maer, Norway d.0890 in Maer, Norway
- b.0870 in Fakse in Denmark (southern Sjælland) d.0932
- b.~ 0893 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in Normandy, France
- b.0857 in Bretagne, France d.0890
- b.0872 in Bayeux Neustrie, Normandy, France d.0932
- b.~ 0855 in Bretagne, France
- b.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0848 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0902
- b.0884 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Aisne, Picardie, France d.23 FEB 942 in St. Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France
- b.~ 0850 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Aisne, Picardie, France d.WFT Est 882-944
- b.~ 0911 in of Bretagne (Brittony), France d.0945 in Normandy, France
- b.0844 in Bourgogne, France d.15 JAN 922 in Soissons, France
- b.0887 in Vermandois, Neustria, France d.Mar 0931
- b.0870 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0931
- b.~ 0968 in Normandy, France d.14 Mar 1052 in Winchester, England
- b.~ 0820 in Wormsgau, France d.15 SEP 866 in Brissarthe, Anjou, France
- b.0844 in Bourgogne, France d.15 JAN 922 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0805 in Tours, Touraine, France d.15 SEP 866
- b.0895 in Paris Seine, France d.16 JUN 956 in Dourden, France
- b.~ 0848 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0902
- b.0870 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0931
- b.~ 0850 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Aisne, Picardie, France d.WFT Est 882-944
- b.~ 0943 in France d.19 MAR 968
- b.0851 in Nordhausen, Saxe, Prussia d.12 NOV 912
- b.~ 0876 in Saxony, Germany d.2 JUL 936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0854 in Bavaria d.24 DEC 903 in Nordhassen, Saxony, Prussia
- b.~ 0911 in Saxony, Germany d.14 MAR 965 in Aix-La-Chapelle, France
- b.0872 in Ringleheim, Germany d.0917
- b.~ 0895 in Memleben, Westphalia, Saxony, Germany d.14 MAR 968 in Quedlinburg, Germany
- b.~ 0879
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Children
Edward Aetheling
Edward was born in 1015 in Wessex, England. He died at the age of 42 in 1057 in London, Middlesex, England. He was buried in St Paul Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.
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