King Edmund II (Ironside) De Wessex Of Saxon England 
Edmund II, known as Ironside, was born in 0989 in Wessex,England.1 Ironside's father was King Aethelred II (The Unready) De Wessex Of Saxon England and his mother was Duchess Aelflede(Elfreda, Elgiva) De Northumberia. His paternal grandparents were King Edgar I (The Peaceful) De Wessex Of Saxon England and Elfrida Aelfthryth Of Mercia; his maternal grandparents were Ealdorman Thored Gunnersson Of Northumbria and Hilda. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Aethelstan, Edred, Ecgbert, Edwy, Edgar, Aelgifu Elgiva, Edith, Wulfhilda, Elgifu and ?. He was the third oldest of the eleven children. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Edric, The Confessor, Alfred Aldred and Godgifu. He died at the age of 27 on November 30th, 1016 in London,Middlesex,England. He was buried in GLASTONBURY ABBEY,SOMERSET.1 1 General Notes
[from Ancestry.com 139798.GED]
Edmund was born in 989 and succeeded his father in April 1016. In this year he fought six battles, but through treachery he was completely overthrown at Assandun in Essex. He and Canute the Dane agreed to divide the kingdom. He was chosen King of England by the Londoners on his father's death, while Canute was elected at Southampton by the Witan. Edmund hastily levied an army in the west, defeated Canute twice, raised the siege of London, and again routed the Danes. Levying a fresh army, he defeated them at Otford, his last victory. At Ashingdon in Essex, after a desperate fight, he was routed. By compromise with Canute, the latter retained Mercia and Northumbria, Edmund all the south and the headship, the survivor to succeed to the whole. A few weeks later Edmund died, in 1016, and Canute became King of England without a rival. It is said that the traitorous Edric Streona perhaps murdured Edmund on November 30, 1016, shortly after peace was made.
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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,England (King 871-901) d.28 OCT 901 in England
- b.~ 0871 in Wessex,England d.17 JUL 924 in Farndon-on-Dee,England
- b.0852 in Gaini,Mercia,England d.5 DEC 905 in St Mary's Abbey,Winchester,England
- b.0923 in Wessex,England d.26 MAY 946 in Pucklechurch,Dorset,England
- b.~ 0859 in Kent,England d.~ 0898
- b.0896 in Kent,England d.25 AUG 968
- b.~ 0855 in Kent,England
- b.0944 in England d.8 JUL 975 in Winchester,England
- b.~ 0848 in Wessex,England
- b.~ 0922 in ,,Wessex,England d.0944 in England
- b.~ 0876 in Of,,Kent,England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex,England d.23 Apr 1016 in London,England
- b.< 0897 in Devon,,England
- b.~ 0917 in Of,,Devonshire,England
- b.~ 0945 in Lydford Castle,Devonshire,England d.17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey,Hampshire,England
- b.0923
- b.0989 in Wessex,England d.30 Nov 1016 in London,Middlesex,England
- b.~ 0908 in Wessex,England
- b.~ 0938 in Tamworth Castle,Warwickshire,England d.0992
- b.0963 in Wessex,England d.Feb 1002 in Winchester,England
- b.~ 0948 in Of Wessex,,England
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Ironside and Edith were married in a religious ceremony in 1015 in MALMSBURY,WILTSHIRE.1 They had two sons named Edmund and The Exile.
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Children
Prince Edward (The Exile) De Wessex Of England
Edward, known as The Exile, was born in 1016 in WESSEX,ENGLAND.2 He died at the age of 41 in September 1057 in LONDON,ENGLAND. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral,London,Middlesex,England.2
Ironside were married in a religious ceremony about August 1015 in Of,London,Middlesex,England.
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Further sources/citations:
British Kings & Queens @ 396, 468, 482, Blackmans of Knight's Creek @ 120, University of Hull Royal Genealogical Data @ royal01533
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Further sources/citations:
British Kings & Queens @ 396, 468, 482, Blackmans of Knight's Creek @ 120, University of Hull Royal Genealogical Data @ royal01533
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