Edmund II "Ironside" King of England 
Edmund II "Ironside" King of was born about 0993 in Wessex, England. Edmund II "Ironside" King of's father was Aethelred II "The Unready" King of England and his mother was Alffaed Thoredsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Edgar I "The Peaceful" King of England and Elfrida (Aelfthryth) Ealdorman; his maternal grandfather was Thored Ealderman Gunnarsson. He had a sister named Alfgifu (Elgiva) Princess of. He was the younger of the two children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Edward "The Confessor" King of, Edred Prince of, Godgifu Princess of and Goda of. He died on November 30th, 1016 in Oxfordshire, England.General Notes
Edmund II, byname EDMUND IRONSIDE (b. c 993 - d. 30 Nov 1016), king of the English from 30 April to 30 Nov 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 Edthelred'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. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.08 Jul 0975 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.0945 in Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England d.1000 in Whenwell, England
- b.~ 0993 in Wessex, England d.30 Nov 1016 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.0938 in Wessex, England
- b.0968 in Wessex, England d.1002
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Edmund II "Ironside" King of and Ealgyth of were married in a religious ceremony in August 1015 in London, Middlesex, England (2nd husb). They had a son named Edward "The Exile\Aetheling" Prince of.
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Children
Edward "The Exile\Aetheling" Prince of England
Edward "The Exile\Aetheling" Prince of was born in 1016 in Wessex, England. He died at the age of 41 in 1057 in London, Middlesex, England.
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